List of Roman Catholic hymns
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This is a list of Roman Catholic hymns.
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- Adeste FidelesAdeste Fideles"Adeste Fideles" is a hymn tune attributed to English hymnist John Francis Wade . The text itself has unclear beginnings, and may have been written in the 13th century by John of Reading, though it has been concluded that Wade was probably the author.The original four verses of the hymn were...
- Adoramus TeAdoramus TeAdoramus Te is a stanza that is recited/sung mostly during the Stations of the Cross of the Catholic tradition. It is retained in some confessional Anglican and Lutheran traditions during the Good Friday liturgy, although generally in the vernacular. It is recited or sung between stations...
- Adoro te devoteAdoro te devoteAdoro te devote is a Eucharistic hymn written by Saint Thomas Aquinas.The Latin original is as follows:The sixth verse "Pie Pelicane, Jesu, Domine" is sometimes used as a separate hymn during Benediction....
- Aurora Lucis RutilatAurora Lucis RutilatAurora Lucis Rutilat is one of the Ambrosian hymns, but its author is unknown. It has been revised and separated into three hymns for the Roman Breviary. The first sixteen lines form the hymn for Lauds from Low Sunday to the Ascension, and begin in the revised form, Aurora Caelum Purpurat. There...
- Ave MariaHail MaryThe Angelic Salutation, Hail Mary, or Ave Maria is a traditional biblical Catholic prayer asking for the intercession of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. The Hail Mary is used within the Catholic Church, and it forms the basis of the Rosary...
- Ave verum corpusAve verum CorpusAve verum corpus is a short Eucharistic hymn that has been set to music by various composers. It dates from the 14th century and has been attributed to Popes Innocent III, Innocent IV and Innocent VI....
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- O Deus Ego Amo TeO Deus Ego Amo TeO Deus Ego Amo Te - the first line of two Latin lyrics sometimes attributed to St. Francis Xavier, but of uncertain date and authorship...
- O Filii et FiliæO Filii et FiliæO Filii et Filiæ - the first line of Catholic hymn celebrating Easter. As commonly found in hymnals today, it comprises twelve stanzas of the form:O filii et filiæRex cælestis, Rex gloriæMorte surrexit hodie.Alleluia....
- O Salutaris HostiaO Salutaris HostiaO salutaris Hostia, "O Saving Host", is a section of one of the Eucharistic hymns written by St Thomas Aquinas for the Feast of Corpus Christi. He wrote it for the Hour of Lauds in the Divine Office. It is actually the last two stanzas of the hymn Verbum supernum prodiens, and is used for the...
- O SanctissimaO SanctissimaO Sanctissima is a Roman Catholic hymn in Latin to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is claimed that the tune of the hymn is Sicilian.The tune is sometimes called Sicilian Mariners Hymn or Mariners Hymn.The words of the first verse of the hymn in Latin are:...
- O SodalesO SodalesO Sodales is a Roman Catholic hymn to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is also the signature song of the American College of the Immaculate Conception, the American seminary located in Leuven, Belgium, which has maintained the hymn over the past century and a half....
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- Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium
- Pange Lingua Gloriosi Proelium CertaminisPange Lingua Gloriosi Proelium CertaminisPange Lingua Gloriosi Proelium Certaminis is a sixth-century Latin sequence hymn generally credited to the Christian poet St Venantius Fortunatus, Bishop of Poitiers, celebrating the Passion of Christ. In the Catholic Church, the first five stanzas are used at Matins during Passiontide in the...
- Panis AngelicusPanis AngelicusPanis angelicus is the penultimate strophe of the hymn Sacris solemniis written by Saint Thomas Aquinas for the Feast of Corpus Christi as part of a complete liturgy of the Feast including prayers for the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours....
- Parce DomineParce DomineParce Domine is a Roman Catholic antiphon. The text is derived from Joel 2:17.none|800px-Text:-External links:*** for Piano and Voices, Latin & English lyrics, including vocal sheet....
- Piae CantionesPiae CantionesPiae Cantiones ecclesiasticae et scholasticae veterum episcoporum is a collection of late medieval Latin songs first published in 1582. It was compiled by Jacobus Finno or Jaakko Suomalainen , a clergyman who was headmaster of the cathedral school at Turku...
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- Veni Creator SpiritusVeni Creator SpiritusVeni Creator Spiritus is a hymn believed to have been written by Rabanus Maurus in the 9th century. It is normally sung in Gregorian Chant and often associated with the Roman Catholic Church, where it is performed during the liturgical celebration of the feast of Pentecost...
- Veni Sancte SpiritusVeni Sancte SpiritusVeni Sancte Spiritus, sometimes called the "Golden Sequence," is a sequence prescribed in the Roman Liturgy for the Masses of Pentecost and its octave, exclusive of the following Sunday...
- Vexilla RegisVexilla RegisThe "Vexilla Regis" is a Latin hymn by the Christian poet Venantius Fortunatus, Bishop of Poitiers. It takes its title from its opening stanza:...
- Victimae paschali laudesVictimae Paschali LaudesVictimae paschali laudes is a sequence prescribed for the Roman Catholic Mass and liturgical Protestant Eucharists of Easter Sunday. It is usually attributed to the 11th century Wipo of Burgundy, chaplain to the German Emperor Conrad II, but has also been attributed to Notker Balbulus, Robert II of...