";s:4:"text";s:6283:" The poem "Moschus Moschiferus", by Australian poet. According to a late 5th-century legend, she was a noble Roman who, as a child, had vowed her virginity to God. 30, was set to verses written by Edmund Blunden; Michael Hurd's 1966 composition "A Hymn to Saint Cecilia"[16] sets John Dryden's poem; and Frederik Magle's Cantata to Saint Cecilia is based on the history of Cecilia. On his return from baptism he found Cecilia talking to the angel. It is written that as the musicians played at her wedding she "sang in her heart to the Lord".
Legends and hagiographies, mistaking it for a personal name, suggest fanciful etymologies. After following Cecilia's advice, he saw the angel standing beside her, crowning her with a chaplet of roses and lilies. Feast day: Nov. 22. Saints Fun Facts St. Addal. Abgar's court was in Edessa in Asia Minor (modern Turkey). Sign up for a chance to win an exquisite rosary! 600). Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, List of Christian women of the patristic age, "J.B. Vuillaume: soloist violin St. Cecile des Thernes", "Judith Shatin - The Passion of St. Cecilia", "Judith Shatin: Fantasy on Saint Cecilia (1st mvt.) Saint of the Day for Thursday, Oct 8th, 2020. St. Cecilia, pray for us! She distributed her possessions to the poor, which enraged the prefect Almachius, who ordered her to be burned. 4) mentions that "Cecilia and all her relations make excellent court musicians.". He went to Rome on a pilgrimage and remained there for two ... continue reading. She is regarded as the patron saint of musicians. Legendary accounts claim Abgar wrote to Christ asking Jesus to cure him of an intolerable and incurable illness. Herbert Howells' A Hymn to Saint Cecilia has words by Ursula Vaughan Williams; Gerald Finzi's "For Saint Cecilia", Op. Saint Cecilia (Latin: Sancta Caecilia) is a saint venerated in the Latin Catholic, Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, as well as some churches of the Anglican Communion. It's a little awkward to ask, but we need your help. Addal is also supposed to have sent another disciple, Man, to various sites along the ... continue reading, An archbishop and scholar, Ado was born in Sens and educated at the Benedictine abbey of Ferrieres. It is popularly supposed that Cecilia was a noble lady of Rome[3] who, with her husband Valerian, his brother Tiburtius, and a Roman soldier named Maximus, suffered martyrdom in about 230, under the Emperor Alexander Severus. She then converted his brother Tiburtius, who also saw the angel. [10] There is no mention of Cecilia in the Depositio Martyrum, but there is a record of an early Roman church founded by a lady of this name, Santa Cecilia in Trastevere. The lambs are raised by the Cistercian Trappist Fathers of the Tre Fontane (Three Fountains) Abbey in Rome. Thank you. (Gayle Martin, piano)", "Foo Fighters release surprise new EP, Saint Cecilia, for free download", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint_Cecilia&oldid=975646956, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Italian-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2018, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2018, Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. It was founded by the papal bull, Ratione congruit, issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints prominent in Western musical history: Gregory the Great, after whom Gregorian chant is named, and Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. In the evening of her wedding-day, with the music of the marriage-hymn ringing in her ears, Cecilia, a rich, beautiful, and noble Roman maiden, renewed the vow by which she had consecrated her virginity to God. She became the patron saint of musicians and music; in art she is often represented playing the organ. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. The lambs are blessed by the Pope every January 21, the Feast of the martyr Saint Agnes. [9] According to Johann Peter Kirsch, the existence of the martyr is a historical fact, while some details bear the mark of a pious romance, like many other similar accounts compiled in the fifth and sixth century.