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Cecilia of Rome, better known as Saint Cecilia, was a Roman noblewoman who converted to Christianity and was martyred for her faith on an undetermined date, between the years 180 and 230. In the Catholic Church, she is the patron saint of music, poets, of the blind in the municipalities of Alfafara and Villalán de Campos. Its attributes are the organ, the lute and roses in honor of her, an important movement of renewal of Catholic sacred music at the end of the 19th century received the name of cecilianism.

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Saint Cecilia, by Nicolas Poussin:(1627) to (1628)

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Saint Cecilia, by Nicolas Poussin:(1627) to (1628)

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Pedro Pablo Rubens: Saint Cecilia (1639)

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Pedro Pablo Rubens: Saint Cecilia (1639)

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Hymn to Saint Cecilia, by Benjamin Britten: (1942)

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Hymn to Saint Cecilia, by Benjamin Britten: (1942)

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Why is Saint Cecilia patron saint of Musicians in reality ?

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Why is Saint Cecilia patron saint of Musicians in reality ?

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It is said that on the day of her marriage, while the musicians played, she sang to God in her heart. It is important to remember that she did not wish to marry. Pope Gregory XIII named her the patron saint of musicians because she had shown an irresistible attraction to the melodious chords of the instruments. His sensitive and passionate spirit for this art thus made his name a symbol of music.