St. Cecilia Take II

The next step in the research was to look at the Acta Sanctorum. I used the Documenta Catholica Omnia website to read Cecilia’s entry. Her feast day is on November 22 so I opened the last entry available on the site. http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/

Cecilia wanted to remain hidden. Then, I realized as I looked through the very long index her name still was not there. I forgot I was reading a Latin document and in Latin her name was probably spelled differently hence the trouble finding her entry. I checked google for the Latin version of Cecilia. In Latin, her name is Caecilia which with a long index put it in a very different place. Once, I did this finding her name in the entries was easy. Caecilia hortulana de littore S. Erasmi 304a was the entry. Cecilia gardener of the beach of Saint Erasmi? Is what I think it would translate as. I do not know who or what Erasmi is. I searched and could not find anything.

Entry in Acta Sanctorum

“Accedens ad beati Gratiae sepulchrum Caecilia hortulana de littore S. Erasmi, cotidiana diutinaque febri afflicta, dum supplex pro sanitate orat, confestim ex febre perfecte convaluit, parque incolumitatis beneficium accepit Angelus Bertini, piscator Murianensis, qui, maligna oppressus febri, dum in extremo anhelitu luctatur, per beati Gratiae imploratam opem sanitatem recipit.”

Her entry is extremely small and not bold at all. I could not find another entry within November for her. I looked to see if there had ever been a change in her feast day and I could not find it. Why does everyone else seem to have larger entries?

November only had one section within the month while the others had multiple. The last day in the entries seemed to be the ninth. I do not believe the ones accessed for free online can be used to research my saint. I could be incorrect.

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