Christina of Osma

Saint Christina of Osma is a saint venerated in the town of Osma (El Burgo de Osma) in Spain as its patron, under the name Saint Christina, virgin and martyr. She is in fact a legendary saint, the result of a doubling with Saint Christina of Bolsena, whose veneration has been old in Osma since the 14th century.

The body kept in the church of Saint Christina was brought from Rome in 1789, with a certificate of 1788 stating that the remains had been taken from the catacombs of Saint Callixtus and belonged to a young martyr. Because of the name, it was taken for that of the saint of Bolsena, whose true relics lie in the basilica of Bolsena. No account of the life of this nameless martyr survives. The remains, clothed in white and blue with a wax face, rest on the high altar of the church.

The feast is kept on 24 July, together with that of Saint Christina of Bolsena, by the Western calendar (new style). She is honored as a saint of the undivided Church in the local tradition.