El Adalid was a Catholic weekly newspaper published from Torrelavega, Spain, between 1906 and 1917.Garrido Martín, Aurora. Cantabria 1902-1923: elecciones y partidos políticos. [Santander]: Universidad de Cantabria, 1990. p. 161Cueva Merino, Julio de la. Clericales y anticlericales: el conflicto entre confesionalidad y secularización en Cantabria (1875-1923). [Santander]: Universidad de Cantabria, 1994. pp. 90-91
History and profile The first issue of El Adalid was published on 19 March 1906 and was directed by Ceferino Calderón.Razón y fe: Revista hispano-americana de cultura, Vol. 15. Compañía de Jesús, 1906. p. 133
The newspaper was the most militant Catholic publication in Cantabria. El Adalid had a traditionalist editorial line, and denounced liberalism as 'the banner of Lucifer'.Sánchez Gómez, Miguel A. Torrelavega: tres siglos de história : análisis de un crecimiento desequilibrado. [Santander]: Universidad de Cantabria, 1995. p. 388 The Catholic Electoral Centre was formed around El Adalid and the newspaper was an important cornerstone in the campaign to elect José María Gutiérrez Calderón as provincial deputy in its year of foundation.Sánchez Gómez, Miguel A. Torrelavega: tres siglos de história : análisis de un crecimiento desequilibrado. [Santander]: Universidad de Cantabria, 1995. p. 320
El Besaya (published 1918–1919) was launched as a substitute to El Adalid. However, El Besaya had a more modernist approach that El Adalid.Sánchez Gómez, Miguel A. Torrelavega: tres siglos de história : análisis de un crecimiento desequilibrado. [Santander]: Universidad de Cantabria, 1995. pp. 17, 324
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