Motto:
"Only in defense do I use my quills to wound"."
Significance:
Sharpness
Military Companies::
Santo Stefano, San Vincenzo, la Magione, San Bartolomeo
Patron Saint
and Feast Day:
St Bartholomew, 24 August
Oratory:
Via Camollia, formerly the Church of Sts Vincent and Anastasius (1144).
Following numerous restorations and alterations, the Church was granted
in perpetual use to the members of the Porcupine in 1849.
Historic Seat
and Museum:
Via Camollia, 89
Contrada Association:
"Il Leone", Via Camollia, 209
The Contrada was conferred
the title "Sovereign" in 1980 by the Sovereign Military
Order of Malta, which had its headquarters in the Camollia quarter
since the 14th century
The Porcupine is twinned
with the city of Perugia
Baptismal Font::
The font is the work of Vico Consorti (1962). It bears the motto of
the Contrada and is located in Via Malta
Allied Contrade:
The
Caterpillar, the Snail, theOwn, the Giraffe
Adversary:
The She-Wolf
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