St. Cecilia with Angel
Orazio Gentileschi
Today is the Feast of St. Cecilia. She became the Patron Saint of Musicians because she sang to God while she died a martyr's death. It looks like Cecilia could pick up and play any instrument, probably even the ukulele, except it hadn't been invented yet. She was born to a noble family in Rome near the end of the second century A.D.
Many poems and compositions have been written in her honor, including Ode to St. Cecilia by Henry Purcell and George Handel's Ode for St. Cecilia's Day.
St. Cecilia at her Death
John Waterhouse
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