Saint Cecilia, spelled Cecelia, was a Roman virgin martyr and is venerated in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches, such as the Church of Sweden.
12 Facts About Saint Cecilia
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Saint Cecilia became the patroness of music and musicians, it being written that, as the musicians played at her wedding, Cecilia "sang in her heart to the Lord".
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Saint Cecilia is one of several virgin martyrs commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass in the Latin Church.
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When Valerian asked to see the angel, Cecilia replied that he could see the angel if he would go to the third milestone on the Via Appia and be baptized by Pope Urban I After following Cecilia's advice, he saw the angel standing beside her, crowning her with a chaplet of roses and lilies.
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The martyrdom of Saint Cecilia is said to have followed that of her husband Valerian and his brother at the hands of the prefect Turcius Almachius.
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The legend about Saint Cecilia's death says that after being struck three times on the neck with a sword, she lived for three days, and asked the pope to convert her home into a church.
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St Saint Cecilia was buried in the Catacomb of Callixtus and later transferred to the Church of Santa Saint Cecilia in Trastevere.
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Saint Cecilia is one of the most famous Roman martyrs, although some elements of the stories recounted about her do not appear in the source material.
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The name "Saint Cecilia" applied generally to Roman women who belonged to the plebeian clan of the Caecilii.
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Herbert Howells' A Hymn to Saint Cecilia has words by Ursula Vaughan Williams; Gerald Finzi's "For Saint Cecilia", Op.
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Saint Cecilia stained glass by Edward Burne-Jones in All Saints church, Preston Bagot.
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Franciscan Sisters' Saint Cecilia window inspires vocations at Saint Mary's Chapel, Holy Family Convent Motherhouse in Manitowoc, WI.