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Virgin and martyr; patroness of church music ... possibly the cantantibus organis was erroneously interpreted of Cecilia herself as the organist. In this way the saint was brought into closer relation with music.
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www.newadvent.org/cathen/03471b.htm
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In a story written about her life, called The Acts of Cecilia, it says: "While the profane music of her wedding was heard, Cecilia was singing in her heart a hymn of love for Jesus, her true spouse." This phrase is the reason she became known as the patron saint of music, singers, musicians, composers,
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www.stcecilias.net/stcecilia.htm
www.stcecilias.net/stcecilia.htm
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From "The Golden Legend," by Jacobus de Voragine. William Caxton translation.
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www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/canttales/secnun/c...
www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/canttales/secnun/cecilia.html
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Chaucer commemorates her in his Second Nun's Tale and Handel set John Dryden's "Ode to Saint Ceclia" to music in 1736. Never was so much made of such a tiny bit of pseudo-biographical information. St. Cecilia, said to have heard heavenly music at one moment of her life, became the patroness of all western music.
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www.saintcecilia.us/
www.saintcecilia.us/
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We have a particularly fine role model, in the body of St. Cecilia (22nd of November), a patrician woman of second or third century Rome. Her life was, to put it mildly, harsh, and her martrydom was, to put it even more mildly, cruel.
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home.pacific.net.sg/~st.cecilia/patron.html
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SAINT CECILIA VIRGIN, MARTYR; SECOND OR THIRD CENTURY ... Surviving this attempt on her life, a soldier was sent to behead her. He struck at her neck three times, then left her lying, still alive, for it was against the law to strike a fourth time. She lingered on for three days, during which the Christians who remained in...
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www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/CECILIA.htm
www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/CECILIA.htm
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Saint Cecilia the holy virgin was come of the noble lineage of the Romans, and from the time that she lay in her cradle she was fostered and nourished in the ... The Life Of Saint Cecilia; Geoffrey Chaucer Page ^ | May 12,2000 | William Caxton,Golden Legend 1483 ; ... Thus endeth the Life of Saint Cecilia Virgin and Martyr.
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The life and times of one Catholic Parish in Boston. All photos ©Stephanie Yeow; Listen to a related story ... Feed – Subscribe to the set "Life at Saint Cecilia's" ... St Cecilia Church - Mass and Activities...
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Product Description; The Life Of Saint Joseph by Maria Cecilia Baij, O.S.B. ... Saint Joseph lived his life hidden in the Divine Light of Sacred Mysteries. He was a living prayer of faith and trust and dedication. Read this beautiful account of St. Joseph's life, as revealed by Jesus to Sr. Maria Baij in 1736.
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