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A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)

Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 87

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.April 30, A. D. 1380. St. Cecilia {Fr. SaintCecile). She is suppo>edto have lived in the thirdcentury, and the honor paidto her can be traced tothat time. She was thedaughter of a noble Ro-man, who, with his wife,had secretly become Chris-tians. Cecilia was in child-hood remarkably seriousand… … (Raphael.) St. Cfcilia. 70 LEGENDS AND STORIES sweet tliat angels came to listen to her. But the instruments em-ployed in secular music were insufficient to express the music ofher soul, and she invented the organ, and consecrated it to Godsservice. Her parents desired her, when sixteen years old,…

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