† Saint of the Day † (November 22) ✠ St. Cecilia ✠ Virgin and Martyr: Born: 2nd century AD Rome Died: 176–180 or 222–235 AD Sicily Major shrine: Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome Feast: November 22 Patronage: Hymns, Great Musicians, Poets; Albi, France; Archdiocese of Omaha; Mar del Plata, Argentina Saint Cecilia is the patroness of musicians. It is written that as the musicians played at her wedding she "sang in her heart to the Lord". Her feast day is celebrated in the Latin Catholic, Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches and in the Anglican Communion on November 22. She is one of seven women, in addition to the Blessed Virgin, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass. While the details of her story appear to be fictional, her existence and martyrdom are considered a historical fact. She is said to have been beheaded with a sword. An early Roman Christian church, Santa Cecilia, was founded in the fourth century in the Trastevere section of Rome, reputedly on ...