by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225? - 1274)

Language: Latin 
Our translations:  DUT ENG FIN GER
O salutaris hostia, 
quae coeli pandis ostium, 
Bella premunt hostilia, 
Da robur fer auxilium, 
uni trinoque Domino
sit sempiterna Gloria
qui vitam sine termino,
Nobis donet in patria.

Composition:

    Set to music by Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "O salutaris", H 136A (1939), first performed 1943 [ voice, organ and piano (or harp) ], used in the film Cavalcade d'Amour

Text Authorship:

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "O heilig, heilzaam offerlam", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Thomas A. Gregg) , "O saving sacrifice", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Oi pelastava uhri", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Thomas A. Gregg

This text was added to the website: 2004-03-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 28