St. Cecilia lived in the 2nd or 3rd century. A young girl of noble origin, she was betrothed to a noble Roman, Valerius. She converted him to Christianity and persuaded both him and his brother to be baptized. She then refused to make some pagan rituals and was accused to death. The first torture she managed to survive, then the torturers tried to behead her, but only mutilated and she lasted for 3 days before dying.
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