Yes, St. Cecilia is still a venerated Saint in Christianity. She was martyred for her faith.
Yes, Christians, particularly, continue to honor Saint Cecilia. Her feast day is on November 22.
Cecilia was from Rome in what is today the country of Italy.
Cecilia got people to like Church Music.
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Anne is the patron saint of Christian mothers and of women in labor.
Be real, and show up.
Saint Isabel Of France always put the sick and poor before herself.
Always having faith in God even when times are rough.
Yes, everyday in the Middle East and Africa today people are killed simply because they are Christians.
Jesus asked his diciples to eat bread and wine to celebrate his life, and Christians still do it today. But the wine is usually substituted with grape juice. Bread represents Jesus's skin, and wine (grape juice) represents his blood.
At the time Saint Cecilia was martyred, no miracles were required for a person to be declared a saint. Cecilia was declared a saint by the local Christians with the approval of the bishop based on her life of heroic virtue and martyrdom.We have no record of any miracles worked by Our Lord through the intercession of St. Cecilia. However, when her body was exhumed in the 16th century, it was incorrupt and looked as fresh as on the day she died 1400 years earlier.
He was appointed by Christ to be the leader of the Christians after he himself had gone. The word 'Pope' was not used, since the organised Church of today did not exist.
Yes. Some Christians celebrate Passover as the Jews celebrate it. They roast and eat lamb, bitter herbs, and unleavened matzo. Others follow the instructions that Jesus gave to his disciples at the Last Supper before he was crucified, and share bread (usually unleavened) and wine instead of roasted lamb.