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 ...

So impressed was Valerio by his wife Cecilia’s vow of chastity that he too converted to Christianity. Valerio was murdered for his pains, and Cecilia was arrested while she tried to bury him.

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 ...

Sunday is St. Cecilia’s Day, honoring the patron saint ... but her remains ended up back in her hometown: Trastevere, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Rome. (Her tomb is still there, in ...

At Santa Cecilia in Trastevere church, steps lead visitors down into a second-century BC former Roman abode. You’ll also find the sarcophagus of St Cecilia, a Roman woman supposedly martyred on ...

St. Cecilia, also spelt Cecily ... the catacomb of St. Praetextatus and had them moved to Rome, to a Basilica in Trastevere that now bears her name. She became the patron saint of musicians ...

Used by nuns at a historic Rome pharmacy, these artefacts are now being showcased in two rooms: the “Spezieria di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere” (Apothecary shop of St. Cecilia in Trastevere ...

Students in the St. Cecilia School Choir visited Rome over the holidays. The 32 students and Music Director Marti Longo performed during the Papal Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 1.