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.