{"id":9685,"date":"2023-01-09T10:49:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T10:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prueba.caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/?page_id=9685"},"modified":"2026-09-17T17:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:50:49","slug":"saint-celedonius","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/saints\/saint-celedonius\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Celedonius"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Saint Celedonius<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

San Celedonio<\/strong> (d. c.<\/em> 3 March 298) was a Roman soldier; beheaded for professing Christianity, he is a martyr of the Catholic Church and, together with Saint Emeterius<\/a><\/strong>, patron saint of the city of Santander (Cantabria) and of Calahorra (La Rioja<\/a><\/strong>), where he died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emeterio and Celedonio, possibly brothers, served in the Rioja city at the end of the 3rd century; it may have been during the persecution of Diocletian or that of Valerian when they were imprisoned and given the choice of renouncing their faith or leaving the military profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were imprisoned in the place known as Casa Santa, tortured and finally beheaded on the sandbank of the River Cidacos on the outskirts of Calahorra, the site where the present-day cathedral was later built; hence its unusual location outside the city walls. According to the account, the saints’ heads arrived in the city of Santander (Cantabria) aboard a stone boat and were guarded by a community of monks living there. It is also possible that the heads were brought to Santander to protect them from the Muslim invasion, once it reached the Ebro valley. The heads now rest in the present-day cathedral, built on the site of the old abbey from the time of Alfonso II. The rest of their bodies are venerated in Calahorra Cathedral and are carried in procession through its streets every 3 March, 15 May and 31 August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saint Celedonius<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Known as the Holy Martyrs<\/strong>, Celedonio and Emeterio are patron saints of Calahorra (appearing on its coat of arms), Santander and other towns in Cantabria such as San Pedro del Romeral, one of the three Pasiego villages; their feast is celebrated on 3 March and 31 August. In Rioseco de Santiurde, a small village near Reinosa, this festival is celebrated on 30 and 31 August.<\/p>\n\n\n