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.
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