16 Facts About Angelo Pirotta

Angelo Pirotta's parents were John Mary Pirotta and Antonia Nee Camilleri.

Angelo Pirotta was the oldest of thirteen children, three of whom died in infancy.

Angelo Pirotta then attended the Lyceum, a government-owned high school for boys in Valletta until the age of 16.

In Rabat, Malta, Angelo Pirotta began his novitiate, and then, a year later, made his three-year profession on 12 May 1912.

Angelo Pirotta was invited on different occasions to address the Circulus Philosophicus and was asked to contribute to Thomistic periodicals, read sermons, and give speeches.

At Viterbo, Angelo Pirotta prepared his first major publication: an exposition of Aquinas' commentary on Aristotle's De Anima.

In 1928, Angelo Pirotta returned temporarily to his homeland when one of his brothers became seriously ill, and his mother was ill and died on 5 July 1929.

Back in Italy, Angelo Pirotta was sent to the College of Fiesole, near Florence, Italy.

Angelo Pirotta stayed there for one academic year, where he taught the history of philosophy and the treatise on divine revelation.

Angelo Pirotta prepared for the completion of his Master's degree.

Angelo Pirotta joined the faculty at the Aquinas College of the Dominicans as a Rector.

Angelo Pirotta stayed there for three consecutive academic years.

In 1938, Angelo Pirotta applied for the Deanship of philosophy at the Royal University of Malta, but he was unsuccessful.

In 1955, Angelo Pirotta became victim of acute cerebral vascular insufficiency due to diabetes and chronic smoking.

Angelo Pirotta died at his parents' home at Naxxar on 16 November 1956, a month short of his 62nd birthday.

Angelo Pirotta was buried in the Dominican church of Our Lady of the Grotto at Rabat.