Sambenitos worn by Auto-da-Fe penitents Left, the sambenito, worn by one who had confessed his sins and thus escaped burning Centre, the fuego revolto for one who had been condemned but later confessed He would be strangled before being burned Right,. Sambenitos worn by Auto-da-Fe penitents Left, the sambenito, worn by one who had confessed his sins and thus escaped burning Centre, the fuego revolto for one who had been condemned but later confessed He would be strangled before being burn