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Canonized, Blesseds, Venerables and all Holy men and women

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Gaspare Traversi - Allegory of the life of Saint Margaret of Cortona

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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Saint Margaret of Cortona

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In times of desolation, God conceals Himself from us so that we can discover for ourselves what we are without Him.

- St. Margaret of Cortona

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Scuola marchigiana del XVII secolo, Santa Margherita da Cortona

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Don Orione e Santa Margherita da Cortona

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Ambito abruzzese sec. XVIII, Dipinto con S. Margherita da Cortona in preghiera

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St. Paul, 1620, Diego Velázquez

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St. Anthony Abbot, 1638, Diego Velázquez

Medium: oil,canvas

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The Life of Saint Joseph

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Saint Peter, Guido Reni

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Saint Mark, Guido Reni

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Carlo Crivelli - Saint Roch. 1493

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                                        Muses Series II (Saint Cecilia)

“ St. Cecilia lived during the Roman Empire in the 3rd century and was born to a wealthy Roman family. She vowed her virginity to Christ, but her parents married her off anyway. She then converted her husband to the Christian faith, and he in turn respected her virginity and converted his brother. The story of how she converted her husband is quite remarkable. On her wedding night she made her vow known to him, and informed him that an angel guarded her purity. Her husband replied that he would believe her and honor her vow if he could also see her angel. Cecilia instructed him to first be baptized, and afterwards he was able to see her angel. Together her husband and his brother took up the task of burying martyred Christians, which was illegal, and resulted in their martyrdom. St. Cecilia responded by burying her husband and converting hundreds of people through her Christian witness and strength of faith. This, and her refusal to worship false gods, resulted in her being arrested. According to legend, St. Cecilia was not martyred easily. They first attempted to suffocate her, but it did not affect her. Then they attempted to behead her, but they were again unsuccessful despite three blows to the neck. She instead bled to death for three days as she continued to preach, and fellow Christians collected her blood in sponges and napkins as relics. St. Cecilia is most remembered today as the patron of musicians due to this legend: “While the profane music of her wedding was heard, Cecilia was singing in her heart a hymn of love of Jesus, her true spouse.”

Depictions in Art:

1. Guido Reni - Saint Cecilia [1606] 

2-3 Saint Cecilia by Simon Vouet; Santa Cecilia (1637) Jusepe Martínez 

4. François Joseph Navez by Saint Cecilia

5-6. Onorio Marinari (Firenze 1627-1715), Santa Cecilia; Lorenzo Pasinelli (1629-1700) - Santa Cecilia all'organo 

7. St Cecilia by Domenichino

8. Saint Cecilia 1895 Poster by Waterhouse, John William

9.  Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) Sainte Cécile et les anges de la musique 1880-85

10. St. Cecilia’s death Etiénne Gautier ––1878

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Massimo Stanzione, S. Agata confortata dall’angelo in carcere, XVII sec., Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli

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Upon Him Who hath vouchsafed to heal me of all my wounds, and to put new paps on my breasts, upon Him will I call, even upon the Living God.

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Saint Agatha, facade of the Duomo, Catania