In tua patientia

Magnificat Antiphon for 1st Vespers of St. Lucy (13 December).

Notes on selected settings

• Nicolas Gombert
• Jacquet de Mantua SATB (high clefs)
• Adrian Willaert ATTB or SATB (a substantial variation)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Jacquet de Mantua — In tua patientia  Latin SATB
• Luca Marenzio — In tua patientia  Latin SATB
• Claudio Monteverdi — In tua patientia  Latin SST
• Adrian Willaert — In tua patientia  Latin SATB, ATTB

Text and translations

Latin text In tua patientia possedisti animam tuam, Lucia sponsa Christi: odisti quae in mundo sunt, et coruscas cum Angelis: sanguine proprio inimicum vicisti.

English translation In your patience you mastered your soul, O Lucy the spouse of Christ: You hated the things of this world, and now you shine with the Angels: By your own blood you have overcome the enemy.

External links

• Antiphonale Monasticum, 1 of several Gregobase pages