But they, converted at hir wise loore,
Wepten ful soore, and yaven ful credence
Unto hire word.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Second Nun’s Tale. Cecilia is a truly inspirational religious teacher. When the prefect Almachius sends his ministers to fetch Cecilia so that she might in his presence worship Jupiter, even they are converted by her wise teaching. They weep and fully believe what she says.