The Romans tried to suffocate her in a sauna but after 3 days she was still alive. Next they tried to decapitate her but failed again after 3 sword blows, the legal limit. They left her in her home to bleed to death.
We Dont actually know if saint cecilia was blind because cecilia means blind.
St. Cecilia was a martyr who died about 280 A.D. She is the patron saint of musicians, and her feast day is celebrated on November 22.
Cecilia has a Latin origin, from the Latin word caecus, meaning blind. It means "the way for the blind". It was a Roman family name. The most famous religious figure is Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. The name has ranked among the top 500 names for girls in the USA for more than 100 years.
Cecilia Colby is 5' 5".
Cecilia Morel's birth name is Cecilia Morel Montes.
She was killed in her home in Rome.
Cecilia was martyred in the 2nd or 3rd century in Rome, Italy.
She was martyred in her own home in Rome.
Yes, St. Cecilia is still a venerated Saint in Christianity. She was martyred for her faith.
There is no Saint Cecia. However, there is Saint Cecilia who was a young woman in the early Church who was martyred for her faith but not before she gave all her possessions to the poor.
Cecilia ministered to the poor and needy in Rome. She also formed a ministry to give a proper Christian burial to those martyred by the Romans. This led her to be taken prisoner, tortured and, eventually martyred herself.
Saint Cecilia did not become a nun voluntarily, but she was forced into marriage. She remained faithful to her Christian beliefs and convinced her husband to convert to Christianity. Cecilia was later martyred for her faith.
Saint Cecilia's husband's name was Valerian. Cecilia converted him to Christianity, and they both were eventually martyred for their faith.
It is though that she was martyred between the years 176 and 180. Other sources state she died in about the year 230.
Little reliable information is available on Saint Cecilia. It is thought that she was martyred in the third century (about the year 230) but there is nothing about her date of birth. She was probably born late in the second century.
Saints do not have numbers. She is simply Saint Cecilia.
Saint Cecilia married a pagan man named Valerian, whom she converted to Christianity. She believed her love and faith could lead him to convert, which eventually happened. Both Saint Cecilia and Valerian were martyred for their Christian beliefs.