Centola

Holy Martyr Centola (Centolle) was, together with Helena, one of two virgin martyrs of Burgos in Castile, around the year 304, in the Roman persecution of Diocletian.

In childhood she received Christian teaching from her father, a Roman diplomat of Toledo. This faith forced her to flee from her village from the persecution of Diocletian and go to Siero. She was then tried by the prefect Eglisius for her religion and beheaded together with Helena, because she would not deny her faith. In the cathedral of Burgos the painter Juan Rizi depicted Centola and Helena at the moment of their beheading.

They are honoured as Christian saints on 2 August in the West and on 13 August in the East. They are saints of the undivided Church.