St. Cecilia
In St. Luigi’s church in Rome, the second chapel of the right aisle, is St. Cecilia’s Chapel. On the altar there is a painting of St. Cecilia by Guido Reni. This is a copy of Raphael’s famous painting that is hung in Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna.
St. Cecilia is known as the patron saint of music because she heard heavenly music in her heart on her wedding day. In art, she’s often shown with an organ or organ pipes in her hand. When officials exhumed her body in 1599, they found her perfectly preserved, which made her the first incorrupt saint.
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