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- CPDL #26698:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2012-07-06). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 92 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
General Information
Title: O vere digna hostia
Composer: Asprilio Pacelli
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SSAATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Eucharistic song
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1612
Lyrics: St. Thomas Aquinas
Description: The text is a slight variant of Aquinas' "O salutaris hostia". This piece may be used similarly as a Eucharistic motet. From Promptuari musici (vol. II), 1612.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
O vere digna hostia,
Quae caeli pandis ostium:
Bella premunt hostilia:
Da robur, fer auxilium.
English translation
O worthy Victim, opening wide
The gate of heaven to all us below:
Our foes press on from side to side:
Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow.