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Indulgence of 10 years and 10 Quarantines.
Violet Vestments.
Interior of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome.
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We read, at the Epistle, the Prayer of Mardochai, in favour of the Jewish people, whom the impious Aman had determined to destroy. He implored the Lord to turn their sadness into joy. The Christian people, in the same way, are mourning in their Lenten Penance and are looking forward to the holy Paschal joys. But, to deserve them, as the Gospel tells us, we must first drink the chalice of the One who came to shed His blood to redeem us and who will make us sharers in His resurrection, if we die to our sins.
Let us abstain from the food which sustains our bodies, and from the vices which poison our Souls (Collect).
Basilica di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere.
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The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia,
by Stefano Maderno (1575 - 1636),
by Stefano Maderno (1575 - 1636),
Church of Saint Cecilia, Rome.
One of the most famous examples of Baroque sculpture.
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The Ciborium,
Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere,
Rome, Italy.
Attributed to Arnolfo di Cambio.
Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere,
Rome, Italy.
Attributed to Arnolfo di Cambio.
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The Crypt Chapel of Santa Cecilia.
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The first Church on this site was founded probably in the 3rd-Century, by Pope Urban I; it was devoted to the Roman martyr, Cecilia, martyred it is said, under Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander.
By the Late-5th-Century, at the Synod of 499 A.D. of Pope Symmachus, the Church is indicated with the Titulus Ceciliae. Tradition holds that the Church was built over the house of the Saint.
The Baptistery associated with this Church, together with the remains of a Roman house of the early Empire, was found during excavations under the Chapel of the Relics. On 22 November, 545 A.D., Pope Vigilius was celebrating the Saint in the Church, when the emissary of Empress Theodora, Antemi Scribone, captured him.
Pope Paschal I rebuilt the Church in 822 A.D., and moved here the relics of Saint Cecilia from the catacombs of Saint Calixtus. More restorations followed in the 18th-Century.
Pope Paschal I rebuilt the Church in 822 A.D., and moved here the relics of Saint Cecilia from the catacombs of Saint Calixtus. More restorations followed in the 18th-Century.
The Crypt of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere.
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Italiano: Roma, Santa Cecilia in Trastevere:
Interno verso l'ingresso e coretti delle monache in luogo dell'organo.
English: Interior of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere.
Looking towards the Organ Loft.
Looking towards the Organ Loft.
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Among the most remarkable works, is the graphic Altar sculpture of Saint Cecilia (1600) by the Late-Renaissance sculptor, Stefano Maderno. The pavement in front of the statue encloses a marble slab, with Maderno's sworn statement that he has recorded the body as he saw it when the tomb was opened in 1599.
The statue depicts the three axe strokes described in the 5th-Century account of her martyrdom. It also is meant to underscore the incorruptibility of her body (an attribute of some Saints), which miraculously still had congealed blood after centuries.
The Crypt is also noteworthy, decorated in the Cosmatesque style, containing the relics of Saint Cecilia and her husband, Saint Valerian.