Sisinnius

Saint Sisinnius of Leni is venerated in Sardinia as the one who confronts and conquers the tempting devil and protects mother and child after birth. He came from Villacidro. According to Sardinian tradition he was born in 123, from an inscription found on 17 July 1615 in the underground sanctuary of Saint Lucifer at Cagliari, transcribed, interpreted and translated by Bonfant. Bonfant maintains that he was killed by clubs by assassins sent by the emperor himself. His relics are kept in the cathedral of Cagliari, except for a rib, in a silver case given to the people of Villacidro, kept in the church of Saint Barbara.

His veneration spread in the Middle Ages in Sardinia, as the condaghi (collections of documents about gifts to churches) show, among them that of Santa Maria di Bonarcado, where the name Sisinnius is mentioned several times. According to the tradition of the island, the saint had so beautiful a voice that it was likened to the song of the swan, called in the dialect of Villacidro "Sisini". His veneration spread widely in the Campidano; once the people of Serramanna tried to steal the relic kept at Villacidro. His feast is kept on the first Sunday of August. The veneration is local, without synodal canonization.