Saviour Montebello
Maltese academic
Died when: 46 years 313 days (562 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Saviour Montebello (1762–1809) was a Maltese Doctor of Theology, a professor of philosophy at the University of Malta, and a Parish priest of Bormla.
After Napoleon took over the Maltese islands in 1798, Montebello took an active part in the resistance of the Maltese against the French around his home-town at Zejtun.
Afterwards, when the French Napoleonic forces had been ousted, and the British set up a provisional government in Malta, he was the first to be appointed to the Chair of Philosophy at the University of Malta.
He held the office for almost four years, mainly teaching logic and metaphysics.He relinquished the Chair because he was appointed parish priest of Bormla, the last to hold the office under this title because subsequently the parish was promoted to a Collegiate led by Archpriests.
He held the office of parish priest for only five years due to his premature death at the age of 46.