Pietro Giochi del Monte San Savino

The 50th Grandmaster of

The Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta

23 August 1568 - 26 January 1572

7 October 1571: Battle of Lepanto, naval defeat of Turks.

Pietro del Monte (1568-72), who succeeded La Valette, was as keen on the building of the city as his predecessor. Work went on feverishly and within five years the two-mile fortifications round Valletta were completed. In ú 1571 the Grand Master transferred the Convent to the new city and when he died he was laid to rest in the Victory church by the side of La Valette and now lies in St John's Co-Cathedral.

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