Vale Centa is a figure in the margins of the correspondence captured in the southern gesta (campaign-cycle): someone under whose command or tutelage Lieutenant Fausto served before the known events. The letters, sent “when you were still with Vale Centa” (cuando todavía estabas con Vale Centa), imply a relationship of service or subordination already ended when the archive collects them.
| Type | Character |
| Also written | Valle Francisco |
| Spanish entry | Vale Centa |
A second mention, where the name sounds like “Valle Francisco”, alludes to a possible visit to verify a shipment for a certain celebration. Fausto knew people who now seek to settle accounts or renew ties; Vale Centa is the knot of that earlier network. The Rosista capital operates under the name of Santa María de Torregrises.
Open questions
- Is “Valle Francisco” the same individual under another spelling, a place linked to his name, or a mishearing in a transcribed dispatch?
- Was Vale Centa the lord of an estancia, a minor caudillo or an official of the federal order?