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Vitale is remembered in Malta for being one of the
Maltese leaders in the insurrection. He was depicted on a postage stamp in 2002, though it is not known for certain if the stamp shows Vitale or a member of the Reggimento dell'Artiglieria e Bombardieri of the
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of Mdina on 3 September. The
Assembly appealed for foreign help and sent a representative to ask for aid in Naples. Vitale, Count Salvadore Manduca, Marquis Vincenzo de Piro and Count Ferdinand Thurna Castelliti sent a letter to the British Admiral
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from a convent in Mdina, through Vitale's efforts, an angry mob amassed in order to prevent the French from doing so. The protests soon became an
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After the French left Malta, Britain set up a
Protectorate over Malta, with Ball becoming a Civil Commissioner. He nominated Vitale to become
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and became a notary. Also between 1785 and 1795, he succeeded his father and held the position of
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