ECHO 16/12/05

Caravaggio – Merissi - escaping from the prison ‘guva’ in castle Sant’ Angelo on Malta, stronghold of the Knights of St John. The ‘guva’ being a cell virtually impossible to escape from, or so it was believed, until Merissi did just that – he must have had assistance, but from who? It is not even known for definite why he was imprisoned having been popular enough with the knights to be ordained one himself. No record of his ‘crime’ exists so the assumption is made that it was of a sexual nature.