#St. Cecilia

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Saint Cecilia, Michiel Coxie, 1569

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~ Fred Appleyard, St. Cecelia (1903)

via invaluable.com

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Blessed be this holy feast day (November 22) of the beloved St. Cecilia, my most dear patron saint. 🎹✝️

(Simon Vouet, “Saint Cecilia”, ca. 1626)

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North Window, Cathedral of St. Peter, Belleville, Illinois

7 July 2023

[gratiae-mirabilia]

catholic women will be like "I have a secret valerian" and we all clap

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[velvetvexations]

the single character in your list labeled "white bitch" is sending me

she's great and was entirely inspired by a Blue Oyster Cult song

[exclectical]

I has been a long time since I got to write good THREESOME! (I'm so happy everyone likes this story so much and you guys know how to welcome a girl back and just EVERYTHING.... mwuah!)

When the Levee Breaks THEME: Sex in the shower! PAIRING: Dolly Macabre/St. Cecilia Jameson/Pickles WARNINGS: ALSO Sex in the shower ALSO threesome FFM NOTES: Tysm to @dolly-macabre and @gointothevvater for the use of Dolly and Ceelie!!

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St. Cecilia by Guido Reni.

A depiction of St. Cecilia with an organ.

St. Cecilia

Feast Day: November 22nd

Patronage: Musicians, sacred music, poets, singers, organ builders, and luthiers

St. Cecilia was born in the third century to a noble Roman family. Cecilia was secretly a Christian and had taken a vow of virginity. Her parents insisted on her marriage to the pagan nobleman, Valerian. During her wedding, Cecilia sat alone singing to God in her heart. On their wedding night she told Valerian that there was an angel with her that only she could see and that the angel would punish him if he tried to consummate the marriage. Valerian would be able to see the angel if he was purified by being baptized. Valerian went down the Appian Way and saw an old man wearing white and carrying a golden book. Valerian immediately went to Pope Urban I and was baptized by him.

When Valerian returned to their home he saw Cecilia's angel for the first time. Cecilia was speaking with the angel and the angel crowned the couple with roses and lilies. Valerian's brother, Tiburtius was soon converted because of this miracle. After this the brothers worked together to minister to Christians and bury martyrs. When they were found out Valerian and Tiburtius were executed along with a soldier named Maximus. Cecilia was brought before the prefect, Almachius after she chose death instead of making offerings to the Roman gods. She was placed in a tub of boiling water but she did not burn nor did she sweat. When this did not work they tried to execute her by cutting off her head. They tried to cut her neck three times and she survived for three days with a half-severed head. She sang praises to God before she finally died. She gave all her possessions to the poor before she died and requested that Urban I convert her home into a church.

It should be noted that while St. Cecilia is the patron of musicians she did not play any instruments and the instruments she is usually depicted with, like organs were invented long after she died. Instead, the organ is reference to her love of sacred music made in praise of God.

Holy Sites: Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, the site supposedly holds her incorrupt remains.

Potential Offerings: Water, a green candle, roses, lilies, donations to musicians, creative works made in her honor, play Handel's composition for her, play Gounod's mass for her, and Benjamin Britten's Hymn to St. Cecilia. Her sacred day is Wednesday.

Petition: St. Cecilia can be petitioned on behalf of those in the arts, particularly musicians and singers. You can make donations to organizations that support the musical arts. She can also be invoked to clear paths and remove obstacles. This can range from metaphorical blockages to physical obstacles.

[hillbilly-thomist]

Haunted prayer corner…

[dragoneyes618]

I have no idea how patron saints work, but I like to imagine that Miguel's is Saint Cecilia.

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13th-century brick Cathedral Basilica of St. Cecilia in Albi, Languedoc region of southern France

French vintage postcard

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Here is yesterday's drawing. Promps for today please?

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Gustave van de Woestijne. Detail from St. Cecilia by John William Waterhouse.

(Detail from 'St. Cecilia' by John William Waterhouse).

>> See Waterhouse's painting, here.

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Guercino - St. Cecilia_Google Art Project!

[teledyn]

Happy St. Cecilia Day for those who celebrate

Crypt of St. Cecilia.