ST. CECILIA

            
            
             Cecilia was born is unknown, because she was born in the third century.
             as the saint of music, fine arts, and poetry. Her feast is celebrated on November 22 in Latin and Greek .
             churches, especially in Rome. She suffered from martyrdom, it is unknown when she experienced this. .
             Pope Paschal I, saw in a vision that Valerian was buried near St. Cecilia, as if he were in a burial .
             ground. Therefore he renewed his quest, whom she wanted to search for her relics, he .
             soon draped of gold brocade with the clothes soaked in blood at her feet. .
             She was put to death in a side chapel near the basilica, because she was a martyr. She symbolizes .
             an organ because she always used an organ as an attribute for God. She is represented in a famous .
             painting by Raphael called "Bologna". Her stories were highly thought of in the fourth and fifth centuries. .
             At an early age she dedicated herself to God. However she married a young noble named Valerian. On the .
             day of her wedding, she prayed to God and asked him to protect her virginity. .
             At that time Christianity was illegal in Rome. They soon found that she was a Christian and was .
             attempted her to death twice. The first time she was locked in a bath, in her own house, to be suffocated by .
             the stream. When she appeared from the bath unscathed, she was then beheaded. The second time, the .
             stroke of the axe failed to split her body, she lived for three days after.
             During that time, she donated her house to serve as a church for the poor. The "Martynologium .
             Hieronymanum" is the oldest account of the story of St. Cecilia. It is said, however, that a church was .
             dedicated to her in Rome. In 802, an old church was dedicated to her. She was not venerated until the .
             time when Pope Gelasius presented her name into his Sacramentary. .
             Pope S. Urban saw St. Cecilia praying in her chamber and an angel beside her with flaming .
             wings, holding two crowns of roses and lilies. Then he placed the crowns on their heads and disappeared.