the soldiers wanted to kill her but i don't know why?... and they tried to gas her in the house of her own bathroom but that didn't work so they sent a soldier and he struck at her 3 times (her head was only half severed) and she lied in her own blood for 3 days until her soul finally left to heaven.
Roman authorities, acting under orders from the emperor, executed Cecilia.
We do not know the actual name of the person but he would have been a soldier or an official acting on behalf of the Roman government.
She was executed for being a Christian. She and her husband had a ministry that provided proper burials for other Christians who were martyrs for the faith. The Roman officials did not like this. They arrested and killed her husband and next turned their anger on Cecilia. The first attempted to kill her by suffocation in a sauna but she was unaffected. The next they tried to behead her but were unsuccessful. However, she was mortally wounded and died a few days later.
Saint Cecilia was a Christian - an outlawed religion in Rome. She and her husband had a ministry of providing Christian burial to other martyred Christians. When the Roman authorities found out what she was doing they murdered Cecilia and her husband.
According to legend, Saint Cecilia was sentenced to death by beheading in the 2nd or 3rd century AD by the Roman authorities after refusing to renounce her Christian faith.
St. Cecilia was martyred around the 3'Rd Century AD. Her husband was martyred also.
When St. Cecilia's tomb had been opened, her body had been found incorrupt.
The Roman Prefect ordered her death when she refused to abandon the Catholic faith and turn to the pagan gods of Rome.
Cecilia is said to have died after an attempted beheading in Rome in the early 3rd century under orders of the Roman prefect Turcius Almachius.
Saints do not have numbers. She is simply Saint Cecilia.
Cecilia was from Rome, Italy.
It is in the church of Saint Cecilia in Rome.
Cecilia is not the patron saint of any countries.
Saint Cecilia is believed to have lived in Rome during the 2nd or 3rd century AD. She is known as the patron saint of music and her feast day is celebrated on November 22nd.
Yes, Cecilia was an early martyr and is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church.
November 22 is the feast day of Saint Cecilia.
Saint Cecilia was canonized by the Catholic Church in the 4th century.
Pope Paschal I rebuilt the church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in in 822, and moved here the relics of Saint Cecilia from the catacombs of Saint Calixtus.
Saint Cecilia is a Christian martyr and patron saint of music. There is no specific record of her having a professional career or job. She is known for her devotion to Christianity and her commitment to her faith, rather than for any specific workplace.
If Cecilia was employed, we have no record of it.
St. Cecilia was a Catholic.