The Archbishop’s Curia, formerly known as the Casa della Madonna di Manresa, was originally built by the Jesuits as a retreat house for the undertaking of the Ignatian Exercises. The Jesuits employed the services of some of the best artists of the mid-18th century to embellish the retreat house, including French painter Antoine Favray (1706-1798), and the Maltese Francesco Zahra (1710-1773). The Archdiocese of Malta has embarked on a project to restore both the fabric as well as the artworks housed in this significant Baroque house. Since little documentary evidence has been traced to document these artworks’ history, much is left to art historians’ attentive eye to reconstruct the authorship, provenance and possibly the ties of particular works of art with the building itself. A study by Rachel Deguara, as well as conservation work carried out by Amy Sciberras Conservators – Fine Arts Restoration, has allowed us to link a particular cycle of paintings, depicting various founders and doctors of the Church, with Casa Manresa itself. The opening work of this cycle, now preserved at Dar tal-Kleru in Birkirkara, depicts Saint Ignatius welcoming Saint Calcedonius, presumably into...