ass="apple-converted-space"> Saint
George
and
Saint Sebastian. Saint George's parish
was the first one. However, when Qormi was growing, there was the need for the
city to be split into two parishes to facilitate growth. Saint Sebastian was
chosen because Qormi had turned to him during times of plague infestation,
since he is the protector and
patron
saint
of people ill from plague,
according to Catholic tradition. This led to many Qormi citizens carrying the
name of
Ġorġ (George) and
Bastjan (Sebastian) and their equivalents and
derivatives.
Nowadays Qormi is the
third largest locality in the nation of Malta, with two parishes, several
institutions and a local council that governs the locality
