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How did St Cecilia Patron Saint of Music become a saint?

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St. Cecilia refused to deny her Catholic faith and was condemned to die. She was a martyr for her faith and that is nearly an automatic way to obtain sainthood. There was no formal process for canonization when she was killed so would have been declared a saint by popular acclamation soon after she died.

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Saint Cecilia was an early Chrisitan who died for her faith as a martyr. She would have been declared a saint by popular acclamation. Martyrs were always considered automatic saints. There was no offical canonization process in place at the time.

In the primitive Church, martyrs were immediately recognized as witnessing to the perfection of Christian life on earth, having shown the ultimate proof of their love for Christ by the offering of their lives. By the sacrifice of their lives for Christ, they attained Heaven in eternal glory and were indissolubly united to the Lord, the Head of the Mystical Body.

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