The seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malta (a function shared with St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta since the 19th century), the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Paul was founded in the 12th century, as attested by the first document actually mentioning the Cathedral: the will of the Genoese Count of Malta, Guillelmus de Malta, dated in 1299.
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