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She was a noble roman who was born in the second centuy and died in Sicily. When she was a child, she promised her virginity to god.
Her parents arranged for her to marry the noble Valerian. But she jointed with him to a celibate union. she was condemned to be suffocated in her own house, but she didn´t die, after that she was decapitated, but she lived three days more, and gave everything that she had in favour the poor.

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Henry Purcell, 1.683

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Henry Purcell -- Laudate Ceciliam (1683) -- Deller Consort

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Rubens, 1639., Gemalde Galerie Berlin

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Oil of Saint Cecilia. Salvador Dalí, 1955

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Ode for the Day of Santa Cecilia (1739), writted by Händel according to the poem by John Dryden, premiered on November 22 in 1739.

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Oda para el día de Santa Cecilia - Händel

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WHY SAINT CECILIA IS THE PATRONESS OF MUSICANS?

The legend telling how she converted her husband Valerian, her brother-in-law Tiburtius and the Roman official Maximus and her death set out the basis for her sainthood. How she became the patroness of music and musicians can be traced  to the Cecilia´s wedding ceremony, while musical instruments played around her, she prayed that she might remain as pure in body as she was in spirit”. Her prayers were answered when she converted Valerian to Christianity.