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In the fourth century appeared a Greek religious romance on the Loves of Cecilia and Valerian, written, like those of Chrysanthus and Daria, Julian and Basilissa, in glorification of the virginal life, and with the purpose of taking the place of the sensual romances of Daphnis and Chloe, Chereas and Callirhoe, etc., which were then popular. There may have been a foundation of fact on which the story was built up; but the Roman Calendar of the ... Continue Reading
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Cecilia is going to be my confirmation name.
St. Ceclila,
I hope to one day meet you in heaven.
Thanks for the info. I'm choosing St. Cecilia for my confirmation name. What I really like about her is that she was able to convert so many hostile people just by being faithful. So anyways, thanks! And God bless all the others who are picking St. Cecilia. I hope we can all follow her example!
I love St. Cecilia and I'm choosing her as my Confirmation saint! I play the piano, violin, and percussion. I love that she is the patron saint of music! (:
I love St. Cecilia! <333333
i'm getting confirmed next year and my mom suggested my patron saint should be Cecilia because i play the piano, guitar, drums, and some other instruments too but i take those three the very seriously. i came onto this website and fell instantly i know Cecilia should be my patron saint.
when was she born, and when did she die?
i hav eto do my confermaation so this is my saint name since i am wonderful at singing
thtat is a really amazing story i think i am going to have her be my patron saint and hope she is watching over me whenever i play or listen to music.
I have chosen St. Cecilia as my saint name being that I absolutely admire her and what she did during her life here. I hope that she will bless me, as well as other musicians, and guide me whenever I play bassoon or flute.
Very helpful! I love this saint!
i just luv this saint and it is soooo gonna b my saint name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^-^
In 1968 i had visited rome. I stopped by the St peter and paul gift store to buy a religious item for my mother and mother -in- law. I came across a 10 inch marble statue of a woman laying down on her side wtih her head lying face down, arms.streched out along side her body.. I asked the sales girl if this was a religious statue and why is she lying down and you could not see her face. . She said yes it is Saint Cecilla and then proceed to tell me this wonderful story abo\ut St Cecilla. She was a noble woman who was excuted for her strong belief in the catholic religon. Because she was a nobel woman they could not put her to death in the collesium. They gave her poison, but she did not dye. They cut the back of her neck. The statue shows two cut marks in the back of her neck. As she laid dying she had one finger pointing out and on the other hand she had two fingers pointing out. The story goes that as she laid dying, she proclaimed her strong faith in the catholic religion. She did this wht her fingers Signifying the Father ,Son and the Holy Ghost. I purchsed two statues and had them bless by the pope. I have one of the statues today.
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Hey! Thanks for this information! Cecilia is my confirmation saint and is amazzzziiinngg!!! :) RESPEST HER !!! <3
I am so grateful for this article I am soooo likke Saint Cecilia. I have ab amazing voice and I play the flute and piano!
This is great help! i love it. my real saint is Maria Goretti, who is also an amazing saint, but i connect to St. Cecilia so much more. Thank you for your post! it really helped me on my report.
i am so happy. am a choirmaster and i wanted a name to call my choir made up of young girls. thanks catholic online
My wife's name is Daria (see above article). We have 5 children, 3 sons and 2 daughters. Our eldest daughter is Anastazia Marie and when our youngest child was a girl, I told my wife to chose one of the names from the Roman Cannon of which Anastazia's (feast day December 25th) name came and Daria gave our baby the name Cecilia Rose. Our daughter has a great devotion to her saint's name and seeks her intercession daily. I feel that St Cecilia is a powerful saint. At mass it is always wonderful to hear their names in the Eucharistic Prayer I. One of my proudest moments in my life was to hear my son's voice, Nicklaus Ewald read this section of the prayer of thanksgiving for the first time at side of the archbishop of St Louis at his ordination mass to priesthood. I know he could not but think of his own siblings and pray for them whenever he celebrates mass. St Cecilla pray for us, help us build up strong Catholic families, encourage great vocations and help save many souls.
today (nov 22) is the feast day of St Cecilia, who is also the patron saint of musicians. our music ministry will celebrate her feast day at the daily mass later. please pray for us St Cecilia, that we may be able to sing in the right spirit, and for the glory of God, through hymns that we sing. and thus help lead the congregation in prayer at the Eucharistic celebrations.
please pray also that we may be able to sing in one voice with the angels and saints in heaven. Amen.
Cecilia is going to be my confimation name beacuse she is the patron saint of musicians. this article helped me find out soooo much about her.
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This is a great saint! this will most likely be my conformation name im stuck between this ans saint joan of arc... any ideas