So impressed was Valerio by his wife Cecilia’s vow of chastity that he ... securing her place as the patron saint of music. When her tomb was reopened in 1599, her body was uncorrupted.

And yet, Nov. 22 is itself a day of thanksgiving for lovers of music — St. Cecilia’s Day ... She donated land for a church in Rome’s Trastevere district before she was martyred in the ...

From this violent end, Cecilia became St Cecilia, the patron saint of music and musicians. Her final resting place is Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, a 5th-century church in Rome. St Cecilia’s Day is ...

Not far from the northern side of the Janiculum, upon which stands the Church of St. Peter of Montorio, where repose the remains of the Baron of Dungannon, Hugh O'Neil, and Roderick O'Donnell ...

is buried in the Basilica of St. Cecilia in the Roman neighborhood of Trastevere where a famous Baroque sculpture of her still puzzles scholars. According to popular belief, Cecilia was a Roman ...

You’ll also find the sarcophagus of St Cecilia, a Roman woman supposedly ... Ancient Rome blends once more with Catholicism at Santa Maria in Trastevere, the neighbourhood’s main church.

In 821, her remains were transferred by Pope Paschal I to the Basilica of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere ... of Saint Cecilia, funded by the Paola Droghetti Foundation, was carried out by Maria ...