She nevere cessed, as I writen fynde,
Of hir preyere and God to love and drede,
Bisekynge hym to kepe hir maydenhede.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Second Nun’s Tale. Cecilia had a very strong love of God, to whom she constantly prayed. A lover of chastity, she wanted to stay a virgin, and beseeched God in her prayers to preserve her virginity.