The Saint Cecilia (Latin: Sancta Caecilia) is the patroness of musicians. Chromolithography, XIX Century. Her feast day is celebrated in the Latin Catholic, Eastern Catholic, Anglican, and Eastern Orthodox churches on November 22. While the details of her story appear to be fictional, her existence and martyrdom are considered a historical fact She is said to have been beheaded with a sword. An early Roman Christian church, Santa Cecilia, was founded in the fourth century in the Trastevere section of Rome, reputedly on the site of the house in which she lived