Saint Cecilia

Table of Contents 


I. Alexander Severus. His Education. Tendency to Christianity. Defects of Character 

II. Dispositions of the Magistrates of the Empire With Regard to Christianity. 

III. Martyrs Under Alexander Severus. Situation and Solicitude of Pope St. Urban. Progress of Christianity in Rome 

IV. Saint Cecilia. Family of the Cecilii. The Appian Way in the Third Century 

V. House in Which Cecilia Passed Her Youth. She Consecrates Her Virginity to God. 

VI. Anxiety of Saint Cecilia at Her Approaching Union With Valerian. Celebration of the Marriage. Confidence Reposed in Valerian by Saint Cecilia 

VII. Valerian Repairs to Pope Saint Urban. He Is Baptized. His Return. Arrival of Tiburtius 

VIII. Interview of Tiburtius With St. Cecilia and Valerian. His Conversion and Baptism 

IX. Alexander Severus Leaves Rome-Violence Exercised Against the Christians—Valerian and Tiburtius Are Summoned Before the Prefect of Rome—Interrogatory of Tiburtius 

X. Interrogatory of Valerian. The Two Brothers Are Condemned to Death 

XI. Conversion of Maximus, Notary of Almachias. Cecilia’s Interview With Her Husband and Brother. Martyrdom of Saints Valerian and Tiburtius 

XII. Martyrdom of St. Maximus—Almachius Sends for Cecilia, and Urges Her to Sacrifice to the Idols—She Refuses and Converts the Envoys of the Prefect--The Virgin Appears Before the Tribunal of Almachius 

XIII. Interrogatory of St. Cecilia 

XIV. Martyrdom of St. Cecilia 

XV. Martyrdom of St. Urban. Pontificate of St. Pontianus. Death of Alexander Severus 

XVI. Zeal of the Romans Pontiffs in Collecting the Acts of the Martyrs. 

XVII. Compilation of the Acts of Saint Cecilia, in the V. Century, in Their Present Form. 

XVIII. Testimony of the Liturgies of the West in Favor of the Acts of St. Cecilia 

XIX. The Appian Way From the Fourth Century to the Ninth 

XX. Events Relating to St. Cecilia and Her Church Throughout the Seventh Century 

XXI. Events Relating to Cecilia and Her Basilica Throughout the Seventh and Eighth Centuries. 

XXII. Discovery of Cecilia’s Body by Pope St. Paschal 

XXIII. Translation of the Bodies of Saints Cecilia, Valerian, Tiburtius, Maximus, Urban, and Lucius. St. Paschal’s Munificence Towards the Basilica of St. Cecilia 

XXIV. Confirmation of the Acts of St. Cecilia by the Circumstances Attending the Discovery of Her Body. 

XXV. Events Relating to Cecilia and Her Basilica Throughout the Course of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries. 

XXVI. Events Relating to Cecilia and Her Basilica Throughout the Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Centuries. 

XXVII. Events Relating to Cecilia and Her Basilica Throughout the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. 

XXVIII. Cardinal Paul Emilius Sfondrato. His Devotion to St. Cecilia. His Discovery of Her Body 

XXIX. Sfondrato Acquaints Clement VIII., With the Discovery of Cecilia’s Body. 

XXX. Sfondrato’s Preparations for the Translation of Cecilia’s Body. 

XXXI. Translation of Cecilia’s Body by Clement VIII 

XXXII. Confirmation of the Acts of St. Cecilia by the Circumstances Attending the Second Discovery of Her Body 

XXXIII. Sfondrato Discovers the Body of St. Agnes. 

XXXIV. Facts Relating to St. Cecilia and Her Basilica Throughout the Seventeenth Century. 

XXXV. Examination and Refutation of the Arguments of the Jansenists Against the Acts of St. Cecilia 

XXXVI. Continuation of the Same Subject 

XXXVII. Events Relating to Cecilia and Her Basilica Throughout the Eighteenth Century 

XXXVIII. Events Relating to St. Cecilia and Her Basilica Throughout the Nineteenth Century