Confraternity of Sacra Spina and Gonfalone
The oldest of the confraternities still active in Vasto is the Confraternity of the Gonfalone, based at the Collegiata di Santa Maria Maggiore. Originally dedicated to Santa Maria della Purità, it was founded at the end of the 15th century and became a part of the Archconfraternity of the Disciplinati of Rome. In the first…