Venit Michael archangelus

General information

Responsory at Matins on the feast of St Michael and All Angels

Notes on selected settings

• Michael Deiss SATB (with secunda pars: Stetit angelus)
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SAATB

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Michael Deiss — Venit Michael archangelus  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Venit Michael archangelus cum multitudine angelorum; cui tradidit Deus animas sanctorum, ut perducat eas in paradisum exultationis.

English translation The archangel Michael came with a multitude of angels, he to whom God entrusted the souls of the saints, that he might guide them to the kingdom of Heaven. German translation Der Erzengel Michael kam mit einer Vielzahl von Engeln; ihm hat Gott die Seelen der Heiligen übergeben, damit er sie in das Paradies des Frohlockens geleite.