St Cecilia's body was incorrupt when discovered in 1595. This sculpture, by Stefano Maderno who was struck by the Saint's body when he saw it, depicts how the body was when discovered.
"Behold the body of the most holy virgin Cecilia,
whom I myself saw lying incorrupt in the tomb.
I have in this marble expressed for you the same saint in the very same posture."
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