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Cecilia

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Cecilia ♀ From the Latin name Caecilia, feminine form of Caecilius (see Cecil). This was a good deal more common than the masculine form, largely due to the fame of the 2nd- or 3rd-century virgin martyr whose name is still mentioned daily in the Roman Catholic Canon of the Mass. She is regarded as the patron saint of music and has inspired works such as Purcell's ‘Ode on St Cecilia's Day’, although the reasons for this association are not clear.

Variant: Cecelia.
Pet forms: Cissie, Cissey; Sessy, Sissy.

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Cecilia

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Cecilia ♀ (Italian) From Latin.

Masculine form Cecilio.

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Cecilia

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Cecilia ♀ (Italian) From Latin.

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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Cecilia." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Cecilia.html

PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Cecilia." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Cecilia.html

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Solo for Cecilia.(Review) Magazine article from: World Literature Today; 3/22/1999
	"Too neat for a beggar": charity and debt in Burney's Cecilia.(Frances... Magazine article from: Studies in the Novel; 12/22/2001
	Mourning into Joy: Music, Raphael, and Saint Cecilia. Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/1996