THE recognition of St Cecilia as the patron saint of music, and particularly of church music,
is so widespread that it may seem ungracious to submit the evidence upon which it is based …

St. Cecilia, the legendary saint first mentioned in a fifth-century passio, was venerated in late
antiquity as a virgin martyr associated with the Roman titulus of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere. …

… This study uncovers how Saint Cecilia came to be closely associated with music and … in
color, Saint Cecilia in the Renaissance is the definitive portrait of Saint Cecilia as a figure of …

… that he had himself been a zealous participant in the plan to destroy Saint Cecilia's convent
on the day of Corpus Christi. Veit Gotthelf the cloth merchant, who in the meantime had …

… The book's starting point, as well as its final destination, is the altarpiece The Ecstasy of Saint
Cecilia, painted around 1515 by Raphael and some of his assistants,4 and commissioned …

… part 1 of Connolly's" Legend of Saint Cecilia," Studi musicali … Joy: Music, Raphael, and Saint
Cecilia (New Haven, 1994), p. … “The Legend of Saint Cecilia." Studi Musicali 7 (1978): 3-37; …

… 1515, The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia, provides a starting point and final destination for the …
1515, The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia, provides a starting point and final destination for the author's …

… Confraternity of Saint Cecilia established a. puy of their own, dedicated to music. … of Saint
Cecilia was also a public contestheld once a year (on the Sunday after the feast of Saint Cecilia…

… Throughout the Middle Ages and early Renaissance, Christians venerated Saint Cecilia as
… we know less well wrote motets in honor of Saint Cecilia. The trend started in the north: until …

… Saint Cecilia, the patron of musicians, was a "Roman martyr of the 3rd century, of whom … of
the sanctuary by translating the supposed relics of Saint Cecilia, her companion martyrs, Pope …