The saints in art : with their attributes and symbols alphabetically arranged . butovercame them by prayer and fasting, andwent about nursing the sick. She had avision of Christ bringing in his hands acrown of gold and a crown of thorns. Shechose the latter, and put it on her head. Itis also related that one morning, when pray-ing before the crucifix in the Chapel of at Pisa, she, like St. Francis, re-ceived the Stigmata. Her fame spread,and she was chosen by the Florentines, whohad been excommunicated in 1376, as theirmediator with the Pope, then at is said that she he
The saints in art : with their attributes and symbols alphabetically arranged . butovercame them by prayer and fasting, andwent about nursing the sick. She had avision of Christ bringing in his hands acrown of gold and a crown of thorns. Shechose the latter, and put it on her head. Itis also related that one morning, when pray-ing before the crucifix in the Chapel of at Pisa, she, like St. Francis, re-ceived the Stigmata. Her fame spread,and she was chosen by the Florentines, whohad been excommunicated in 1376, as theirmediator with the Pope, then at is said that she helped to persuade him toreturn to Rome, which he did the same died at the age of thirty-three. Heractions had great influence on the politicalhistory of her time, and she wrote books whichare among the Italian classics. Her last yearswere spent at Rome, working for the unityand reformation of the Church. She is represented in the habit of herOrder, and is at once identified by the Stig-mata. She generally has a lily, but oftena croivn of tJioms. She is also sometimes. - THE SAINTS IN ART 43 painted, like her famous patroness andnamesake, St. Catherine of Alexandria, re-ceiving the marriage ring from the InfantChrist. Her portrait, by Andrea di Vanni, is in SanDomenico, Siena, and frescoes and picturesin her house and in the Accademia there. Cecilia, St. (Patroness of Music). {22ndNovember)Was, according to legend, the daughter ofnoble Roman parents, in the reign of theEmperor Severus. They secretly professedChristianity, and, from her childhood, Ceciliawas remarkable for her piety. She alwayscarried a copy of the Gospels concealed inher robe, and vowed herself to Christ andchastity. She used her great gift for musicto the glory of God, and invented the organfor His service. When she was about sixteenher parents married her to a young Romannoble, Valerian, whom she persuaded to re-spect her vows of chastity, and he was con-verted to the Faith. He sought St. Urban inthe C
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