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by Zeljko Heimer, 18 August 2004
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Sutivan is a community on the Island of Brac in the
Split-Dalmatia county. It was formed in 1997 by secession from
the Milna community. The coat of arms of Sutivan pictures two
saints, the name sake of the town St. John and her patron St.
Roch: Azure, in dexter St. John Baptist stantant haloed or haired
and barbed maroon clead in cammel fur gules with his dexter hand
rised and holding in his sinister a staff or with a pennant
argent hoisted from a crossbar, in sinister St. Roch stantant
haloed or haired and barbed maroon clead as Roman warrior gules
with a cloak of the same and with boots or holding in his dexter
a staff or and by his sinister pointing to a wound on his leg.
The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in
the middle. The symbols were adopted on 10 October 2003 by the
decision: Odluka o izgledu i uporabi grba i zastave Opcine
Sutivan, 10.10.2003, Službeni glasnik Opcine Sutivan. The
similarity of the graphical style makes it dubtless that the
symbols were designed by the Rijeka company Heraldik-art d.o.o.
One may also compare the design with two other designs picturing
one of the saints: Baška and Drniš. Information kindly provided
by Franjo Mlinac, Sutivan.
Zeljko Heimer, 18 August 2004
Some more historical information at <sutivan.hr>
(including the old seal image): The community of Sutivan was
first established in 1823 and integrated into the larger
community of Brac only in 1944. In that period it used a seal
that already included the pictures of the two saints in a similar
disposition as in the modern coat of arms.
Zeljko Heimer, 21 August 2004
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by Zeljko Heimer, 18 August 2004