Language: Latin 
Our translations:  FRE
Ave Maria gratia plena
Dominus tecum. 
Benedicta tu in mulieribus, 
Et benedictus fructus ventris tui Jesus.
Sancta Maria,
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
 ...

Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-6,9 of the original text.

See also Geert Cuypers's very informative Ave Maria Songs website.

Note: used as the basis for an acrostic in Marchetto da Padova's Ave Regina Celorum / Mater innocentie

Composition:

    Set to music by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "Ave Maria", op. 9b, H. 49, lines 1-6,9 [ chorus ]

Text Authorship:

See other settings of this text.

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

  • AFR Afrikaans (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , "Wees gegroet Maria"
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , "Wees gegroet, Maria"
  • ENG English (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , "Ave Maria"
  • FRE French (Français) (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , "Dios te salve Maria"


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 39