Rex gloriose

General information

Office hymn at Lauds for the Common of Martyrs.

Notes on selected settings

• Johannes Roullet SAT (v. 1 only)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Sixt Dietrich — Rex gloriose martyrum  Latin ATBB
• Johann Melchior Dreyer — Hymni brevissimi, Op.5 No.13-24  Latin SATB
• Johann Michael Haydn — Jesu redemptor omnium (Rex gloriose martyrum) MH 329  Latin SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Rex gloriose martyrum  Latin SATB
• Johannes Roullet — Rex gloriose  Latin SAT
• Tomás Luis de Victoria — Rex gloriose Martyrum  Latin SSAT

Text and translations

Latin text 1. Rex gloriose Martyrum corona confitentium, qui respuentes terrea perducis ad coelestia. 2. Tu vincis in martyribus parcisque Confessoribus: Tu vince nostra crimina, largitor indulgentiae. 3. Aurem benignam protinus appone nostris vocibus trophea sacra pangimus ignosce quod deliquimus. 4. Gloria tibi Domine qui surrexisti a mortuis cum Patre et Sancto Spiritu in sempiterna saecula. Amen.

English translation 1. O Glorious King of Martyr hosts, Thou Crown that each Confessor boasts, Who leadest to celestial day The Saints who cast earth’s joys away: 2. Martyrs in Thee their triumphs gain, Confessors grace from Thee obtain; We sinners humbly seek to Thee, From sin’s offense to set us free. 3. Thine ear in mercy, Savior, lend, While unto Thee our prayers ascend; And as we count their triumphs won, Forgive the sins that we have done. 4. All laud to God the Father be, All praise, eternal Son, to Thee; All glory, as is ever meet, To God the holy Paraclete. Amen. tr. R. F. Littledale and others

External links

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