Our Lady of Ransom chapel in Selmun is a fairly recent and small chapel overlooking what is known as Wied Gharbiel dating back to 1982. The original chapel of Our Lady of Ransom, a few hundreds of metres away dated back to the late eighteenth century and was incorporated in Selmun Palace.
The main titular painting of Our Lady of Ransom is the one that was in the chapel of Selmun Palace and painted by Antoine de Favray who was a leading painter in Malta in the late eighteenth century. Favray painted portraits of countless dignitaries including 3 grandmasters, Pinto, Ximenes and De Rohan.
The tutular painting depicts Caterina de Vitale, a known benefactor, kneeling down in front of Our Lady and presenting the plan of Selmun castle, which was built on an area which Caterina de Vitale left to the “Monte della Redenzione degli Schiavi” after her death in 1619.