Cecilia Medal Saint Benedict Her feast day is celebrated

Her feast day is celebrated on February 1st

" In great anger

He was a deacon

And the frame has a pure

He suffered much as Christ did with the Stigmata (wounds of Christ) for 50 years

Cecilia Medal Saint Benedict Her feast day is celebratedCecilia was a third century virgin martyr who was courted by a Roman official but refused to marry as she was consecrated as a bride of Christ. She was then tortured, imprisoned and finally struck on the neck with a sword. When the sword failed to complete the job, she suffered in prison for 3 days before she died. During that time, she heard heavenly voices singing to her; hence, she is the patroness of music and musicians. Her body was interred in