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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

De sancto Henrico sequentia
Language: Latin 
Coetus noster laetus esto
pro Henrici sacro festo
est laetandi causa praesto
praesulis celebritas.

Quem elegit, quem dilexit,
quem ornavit, quem provexit,
in sublime quem erexit
divina benignitas.

Ortus in Britannia,
pollens Dei gratia,
superna providentia
pontifex efficitur.

Clarus in Upsalia,
demum pro iustitia
decertans in Finlandia
pugil Christi moritur.

Miris signis et variis
sanctum suum prodigiis
declarat venerabilem
Deus verus, quem coluit,
amavit atque docuit
colendum et amabilem.

Martyr Dei, iam laborum
et mercede tormentorum
summo bono sine metu
et Sanctorum fruens coetu
in aeterna gloria.

Te laudantem nostrum coetum
et in tua laude laetum
fac in coetu Angelorum
sempiterna beatorum
perfrui laetitia.
Amen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, transcribed by Tuomo Pekkanen [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Veljo Tormis (1930 - 2017), "De sancto Henrico sequentia", 1992 [ men's chorus ], from Piispa ja pakana = The Bishop and the Pagan, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-01
Line count: 33
Word count: 105

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