Comment a été tué Sainte-cécile ?
Cécile, dont la foi ne vacillera jamais, continuera d’évangéliser les cœurs des païens et à les convertir, jusqu’au jour où elle sera arrêtée et condamnée à mort par décapitation. Après trois coups de hache, Cécile vivait toujours.
Qui est le saint patron des musiciens ?
Sainte Patronne des musiciens, Sainte Cécile est fêtée en Principauté le dimanche suivant la Fête Nationale du 19 novembre. Une parade est organisée en ville, précédée d’une messe en la cathédrale.
What is Sainte-Cécile famous for?
- Sainte-Cécile is the largest brick-built Cathedral in the world and has the appearance of a fortified castle. It offers a striking collection of paintings, sculptures and statues. More than 800,000 visitors cross its threshold each year. Its Southern Gothic style distinguishes it from other contemporary cathedrals such as Chartres, Reims or Amiens.
What is St Cecilia Cathedral in Albi known for?
- The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Cecilia (French: Basilique Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile d’Albi), also known as Albi Cathedral, is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Albi.
When did St Cecilia become a cathedral?
- The first dated from the fourth century and in 666 was destroyed by fire. The second is recorded in 920 by the name of Saint Cecilia, the present-day patroness of musicians. It was replaced in the thirteenth century by a Gothic cathedral in stone.
When were Gothic cathedrals built in France?
- The Southern French Gothic cathedral was constructed in brick between 12 in the wake of the crusade against Catharism, a heterodox non-trinitarian dualist movement with an episcopal see at Albi around 1165 AD.
