This mayden bright Cecilie, as hir lif seith,
Was comen of Romayns and of noble kynde,
And from hir cradel up fostred in the feith
Of Crist, and bar his gospel in hir mynde.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Second Nun’s Tale. The opening lines of the tale introduce us to Saint Cecilia. Descended from Romans and of noble birth, from the moment she is born she is brought up in the faith of Christ and always kept his gospel in her mind.