Saint cecilia miracles

Saint Cecilia

Unknown – 177 A.D.

Feast Day – November 22

History indicates that the first saint whose body experienced the phenomenon of incorruption is St Cecilia, the patroness of musicians.

The year of St Cecilia's birth is unknown, but it is believed she died about 177 A.D. Cecilia was a member of a rich and distinguished Roman family, who gave her in marriage to a young nobleman named Valerian, despite her desire to remain a virgin.

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On their wedding night St Cecilia was successful in persuading the new groom to respect her vow of virginity and later converted him to the Faith when he was favored with a vision of Cecilia’s guardian angel.

Valerian and his brother, Tiburtius, who was also converted by St Cecilia, were later called upon by the early Christian persecutors to renounce their religion.

When both heroically refused, they were beheaded and buried along the Appian Way.

Cecilia was arrested for having buried their bodies and for this crime was