San Vito ( Sardinian: Santu Idu or Santu Bidu, from

Saint Vitus Vitus (), whose name is sometimes rendered Guy or Guido, was a Christian martyr from Sicily. His surviving hagiography is pure legend. The dates of his actual life are unknown.Basil Watkins, ''The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical ...

) is a ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of South Sardinia The province of South Sardinia (; ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy, instituted on 4 February 2016. It includes the suppressed provinces of Province of Carbonia-Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias and ...

in the

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region

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia an ...

, located about northeast of

Cagliari Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Comune, Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,62 ...

. San Vito borders the

Burcei Burcei () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari. Burcei borders the following municipalities: San Vito, Sinnai, Villasalto Villasalto, Bidda de Sar ...

Castiadas Castiadas is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about east of Cagliari. Founded in the 14th century and repopulated in the 19th century after centuries of abandonment, it is part ...

Muravera Muravera (, ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, about northeast of Cagliari in the Sarrabus. It is a centre of citrus ''Citrus'' is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in th ...

Sinnai Sinnai, Sìnnia in Sardinian language, is a ''comune'' (municipality) of the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari. It has 17,364 inhabitants. Sinnai borders the following municipaliti ...

Villaputzu Villaputzu ( or ) is a municipality in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region and island of Sardinia, located about northeast of the Sardinian capital Cagliari. It is located in a short plain at the mouth of the Flumendosa river, nex ...

, and

Villasalto Villasalto, Bidda de Sartu or Bidda de Saltu in sardinian language, is a '' Comune/Comunu'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a pop ...

municipalities. It is the birthplace of

launeddas The launeddas (also called Sardinian triple clarinet) are a traditional Sardinian woodwind instrument made of three pipes, each of which has an idioglot single reed. They are a polyphonic instrument, with one of the pipes functioning as a dron ...

player Luigi Lai.

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Cities and towns in Sardinia {{Sardinia-geo-stub