Santa Cecilia in Trastevere


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Below are twelve sheep and the Lamb of God, with Bethlehem and Jerusalem to either side. An inscription in gold on a deep blue background reads:

THIS SPACIOUS HOUSE GLITTERS BUILT OF VARIED ENAMELS; THIS HALL, WHICH ONCE IN ANCIENT TIME HAD BEEN DEMOLISHED, THE GENEROUS PRELATE PASCHAL BUILT TO A BETTER STATE, SHAPING IT ON A FAMOUS FOUNDATION; THESE GOLDEN MYSTERIES RESOUND WITH JEWELLED PRECINCTS; SERENE IN THE LOVE OF GOD HE JOINED THE BODIES OF SAINT CECILI AND HER COMPANIONS; YOUTH GLOWS RED IN ITS BLOOM, LIMBS THAT RESTED BEFORE I CRYPTS: ROME IS JUBILANT, TRIUMPHANT ALWAYS, ADORNED FOREVER

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