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Penitente or penitentes may refer to

  • Penitente or penitent, any (typically Catholic) practitioner of ritual penance
  • Penitente (snow formation) or nieves penitentes, high-altitude snow formations that are hardened, elongated, closely spaced, and pointing towards the general direction of the sun
  • Los Penitentes (Argentina), a ski resort
  • The Penitentes, is a lost 1915 silent film drama directed by Jack Conway and starring Orrin Johnson and Seena Owen.