First official release for the new prior of the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin of the Defense of Stintino .

Antonio Diana, former mayor of the town for three terms and prior number 130 of the Stintinese association, carried the major flag during the procession in honor of the Madonna del Rosario, celebrated yesterday.

Diana, who in June ended her mandate as mayor, a few days ago, on the occasion of the conclusion of the patronal feast of Stintino, was elected prior, after the counting of the ballots carried out in the headquarters of the Confraternity. His is almost a plebiscite: 243 votes out of 269 voters. It received the historic major flag from Emanuele Maddau, who will carry the small flag for a whole year. Giuseppe Benenati, president of the association for 25 years, during the final mass of the patronal feast celebrated by the parish priest Don Daniele Contieri thanked the outgoing prior Emanuele Maddau for the good work done during the year in office, wishing the new prior "a future role relevant within the council of the Confraternity ". Which is a very important institution in Stintino, an expression of mutual support between families and an organization of solidarity and social protection.

The Confraternity of the Beata Vergine della Difesa was founded on December 24, 1864. In 1885, due to the exodus of the future Stintinesi from Asinara, it interrupted its activities until 1893, the year in which the first church was born in Stintino in Via Marco Polo .

© Riproduzione riservata