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Saint Cecilia, Patron Saint of Cathedral and the Omaha Archdiocese
In the Cathedral
Saint Cecilia is the heart and soul of this great church, the only cathedral in the United States dedicated to the patron saint of music and musicians.
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She is also honored as the patron of the Omaha Archdiocese.
Her exterior statue in pure white Carrara marble crowns the west facade, high above the great bronze doors. On Saint Cecilia's feast day, November 22, , a statue of Saint Cecilia and three other saints were blessed by Archbishop Elden Curtiss and placed in niches on the church's facade.
The alcoves had been waiting eighty-eight years. All are originals and were carved in Italy of renowned Carrara marble.
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Saint Cecilia, at eight feet and the tallest, occupies a nice eighty-five feet above ground in the center of the west facade, the main entrance to the Cathedral. Her hair is unbound, maidenly, and her robe is loose and modest.
The upturned face is given a luminescence by the white marble