Ecce sacerdos (antiphon)

General information

Antiphon at 2nd Vespers for the Common of a Confessor Bishop.

Settings by composers

Edward Elgar SATB with organ Francesco Feroci TTB Ben Heffer SATB & keyboard Giovanni Maria Nanino contrafact of a madrigal SATB.SATB

José Maurício Nunes Garcia I a 4 SATB (adds variant 1) II a 4 SATB a 8 SATB.SATB (adds variant 1) Tomás Luis de Victoria SATB Samuel Webbe TB & organ

The mass by Palestrina uses the opening of this chant as a cantus firmus.

For the responsory used at the reception of a bishop, see Ecce sacerdos magnus.

Text and translations

Latin text Ecce sacerdos magnus, qui in diebus suis placuit Deo, et inventus est justus; Variant 1 et in tempore iracundiae factus est reconciliatio. Variant 2 non est similis illi.   Portuguese translation Eis um grande sacerdote, que em seus dias agradou a Deus, e foi julgado justo e perfeito; Variant 1 no tempo da ira tornou-se o elo de reconciliação. Variant 2

English translation Behold a great priest, who in his days pleased God, and was found righteous; Variant 1 and in the time of wrath he was made a reconciliation. Variant 2 nobody is similar to him.   German translation Seht, das ist der Hohepriester, der in seinen Tagen Gott gefiel und gerecht gefunden ward; Variant 1 und zur Zeit des Zornes trat er auf als Mittler der Versöhnung. Variant 2 keiner ist ihm ähnlich.