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'''''Iste confessor''''' is the {{CiteCat|Office hymns|Vesper hymn}} for {{CiteCat|Common of Confessors|Confessor Bishops}}, tracable to the 10th century and possibly originally composed in honor of {{CiteCat|St. Martin}}<ref>Hymns of the Breviary and Missal by Matthew Britt, Benziger Brothers, 1922</ref>. There are two variants, ''Iste confessor Domini sacratus'' and, in the [[Liber Usualis]], ''Iste confessor Domini colentes''. Alternatim settings usually begin with the second verse, "Qui pius, prudens". Organ verses have been written by Frescobaldi (''Tocate''), Titelouse & others.

==Notes on selected settings==
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:'''Colentes'''
*[[Giovanni Matteo Asola]]
**[[Iste Confessor a 4 (even verses) (Giovanni Matteo Asola)|even verses]] ATTB or TTBB
**[[Iste Confessor a 4 (odd verses) (Giovanni Matteo Asola)|odd verses]] ATBB
*[[Iste confessor (Francesco Cavalli)|Francesco Cavalli]] SS, 2 vln. & bc.
*[[Iste confessor (Caspar Ett)|Caspar Ett]] SATB
*[[Iste confessor (Heinrich Finck)|Heinrich Finck]] SATB (first verse)
*[[Iste confessor (Pasqual Fuentes i Alcàsser)|Pasqual Fuentes]] SSAT.SATB with BC (first verse)
*[[Iste confessor (Václav Emanuel Horák)|Václav Emanuel Horák]] SATB with organ
*Josquin
*Lassus
*[[Iste Confessor Domini (José Maurício Nunes Garcia)|José Maurício Nunes Garcia]] SATB b.seguente (one verse)
*[[Hymni vespertini XXI-XXX (Josef Ohnewald)|Josef Ohnewald]] SATB (XXI - vv. 1-2,4-5; XXII & XXIII - vv. 1,5)
*Giovanni Felice Sances
*Thomas Tallis
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:'''Sacratus'''
*Anonymous
**[[Iste confessor (Anonymous)|2 settings in Trent 88]] STT (2 settings; v. 1 only)
**[[Iste confessor II (Anonymous)|II Trent 87]] STT (v. 1 only)
**[[Iste confessor III (Anonymous)|III Trent 87]] ATT (v. 1 only)
*[[Iste confessor (Sixt Dietrich)|Sixt Dietrich]] ATBB (verses 1 & 2)
*[[Iste confessor (Guillaume Dufay)|Guillaume Dufay]] ATB (even)
*[[Iste confessor (Heinrich Finck)|Heinrich Finck]] SATB (v. 1 only)
*[[Iste confessor (Jan Le Febure)|Jan Le Febure]] SATB (even verses)
*[[Claudio Monteverdi]]
**[[Iste confessor I (Claudio Monteverdi)|I (Selva morale 1641)]] T solo, 2 vln. bc. (odd verses)
**[[Iste confessor, SV 279 (Claudio Monteverdi)|SV 279]] SS, 2 vln. bc (odd verses)
*[[Hymni vespertini (Josef Ohnewald)|Josef Ohnewald]] SATB & orchestra
*[[Iste confessor (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)|Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina]] SAT(T)B (odd)
*[[Iste confessor (Alessandro Scarlatti)|Alessandro Scarlatti]] SATB & bc. (S solo)
*[[Iste Confessor (Delfino Thermignon)|Delfino Thermignon]] SSA (odd verses)
*[[Iste confessor (Jacobus Vaet)|Iste confessor (Jacobus Vaet)]] SAT(T)B (even)
*Ph. Verdelot ATTB (even)
*[[Iste confessor (Tomás Luis de Victoria)|Tomás Luis de Victoria]] SATB (Alternatim, even verses)
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==Text and translations==
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{{Text|Latin|
{{Vs|1}} Iste Confessor Domini colentes
Quem pie laudant populi per orbem :
Hac die laetus meruit beatas
Scandere sedes.

{{Vs|2}} Qui pius, prudens, humilis, pudicus,
Sobriam duxit sine labe vitam.
Donec humanos animavit aurae
Spiritus artus.

{{Vs|3}} Cujus obpraestans meritum frequenter,
Ægra quae passim jacuere membra,
Viribus morbi domitis, saluti
Restituuntur.

{{Vs|4}} Noster hinc illi chorus obsequentem
Concinit laudem, celebresque palmas;
Ut piis ejus precibus juvemur
Omne per ævum.

{{Vs|5}} Sit salus illi, decus, atque virtus,
Qui super cæli solio coruscans,
Totius mundi seriem gubernat,
Trinus et unus. Amen
:(''1632 revision by Pope Urban VIII'')}}
{{mdl|4}}
{{Text|Latin|
{{Vs|1}} Iste confessor Domini sacratus
Festa plebs cuius celebrat per orbem,
Hodie letus meruit secreta,
Scandere Cœli.

{{Vs|2}} Qui pius, prudens, humilis, pudicus,
Sobrius, castus fuit et quietus
Vita, dum presens vegetavit ejus
Corporis artus.

{{Vs|3}} Ad sacrum cuius tumulum frequenter,
Membra languentem modo sanitati,
Quo libet morbo fuerint gravata,
Restituuntur.

{{Vs|4}} Unde nunc noster chorus in honorem
Ipsius hymnum canit nunc libenter,
Ut piis ejus meritis juvemur
Omne per aevum.

{{Vs|5}} Sit salus illi decus atque virtus,
Qui supra cœli residens cacumen,
Totius mundi machinam gubernat,
Trinus et unus.}}
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{{Translation|English|
{{Vs|1}} He, whose confession God of old accepted,
Whom through the ages all now hold in honour,
Gaining his guerdon this day came to enter
Heaven's high portal.

{{Vs|2}} God-fearing, watchful, pure of mind and body,
Holy and humble, thus did all men find him;
While, through his members, to the life immortal
Mortal life called him.

{{Vs|3}} Thus to the weary, from the life enshrined,
Potent in virtue, flowed humane compassion;
Sick and sore laden, howsoever burdened,
There they found healing.

{{Vs|4}} So now in chorus, giving God the glory,
Raise we our anthem gladly to his honour,
That in fair kinship we may all be sharers
Here and hereafter.

{{Vs|5}} Honour and glory, power and salvation,
Be in the highest unto him who reigneth
Changeless in heaven over earthly changes,
Triune, eternal. Amen.}}
{{Translator|Laurence Housman|, 1906}}
{{mdl|4}}{{Translation|English|
{{Vs|1}} THIS the Confessor of the Lord, whose triumph
Now all the faithful celebrate, with gladness
Erst on this feast-day merited to enter
Into his glory.

{{Vs|2}} Saintly and prudent, modest in behavior.
Peaceful and sober, chaste was he, and lowly.
While that life's vigor, coursing through his members,
Quickened his being.

{{Vs|3}} Sick ones of old time, to his tomb resorting.
Sorely by ailments manifold afflicted,
Oft-times have welcomed health and strength returning.
At his petition.

{{Vs|4}} Whence we in chorus gladly do him honor,
Chanting his praises with devout affection,
That in his merits we may have a portion.
Now and forever.

{{Vs|5}} His be the glory, power and salvation,
Who over all things reigneth in the highest,
Earth's mighty fabric ruling and directing,
Onely and Trinal.}}
{{Translator|Charles Winfred Douglas|, 1922}}
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==External links==
*[http://www.hymnary.org/text/iste_confessor_domini_colentes List of English paraphrases] at Hymnary.org
*[http://www.breviary.net/comsaints/combc.htm Common of Bishop Confessor] at www.breviary.net

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