Language: Latin 
Our translations:  ENG
Ecce sacerdos magnus,
qui in diebus suis placuit Deo.

Non est inventus similis illi 
qui conservaret legem excelsi,
alleluja.

Note: Text based on Sirach/Ecclesiastes 44:20. This text is the antiphon sung at Second Vespers for a Confessor Bishop.


Composition:

    Set to music by (Johann) Michael Haydn (1737 - 1806), "Ecce sacerdos magnus", MH 345 (1783) [ SATB chorus, 2 horns, 2 violins, and continuo ]

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