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Cecelia
was born in Rome in the third century. Walking down the aisle
at her arranged marriage to the patrician Valerian, her inner
voice sang out to God, thus her association with music. That
night she told her new husband about her guardian angel, saying
that, “If you touch me in the way of marriage he will
be very angry and you will suffer.” Valerian wanted to
see the angel for himself, but Cecelia insisted that he be baptized
first. This he was, and upon his return the angel appeared and
crowned the newlyweds with roses and lilies. Anti-Christianism
was rampant in Rome at that time, and when she refused to denounce
her faith in Jesus, Cecelia was sentenced to be steamed to death
in her own bath. Even after adding seven times the normal fuel
for her furnace she survived. A henchmen was sent in to chop
her three times in the neck. She lived for three days, making
the Sign of the Trinity with her fingers. Cecelia is also patron
of composers. Her feast day is November 22. |
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Cecelia
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