O crux benedicta

Notes on selected settings

• Ambrosian chant (adds Gloria Patri)
• Carlo Gesualdo SATTB (replaces alleluia with variant 1)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Ambrosian chant — O crux benedicta  Latin Unison
• Giulio Belli — O crux benedicta!  Latin SATB
• Scipione Dentice — O crux beata  Latin SATTB
• Carlo Gesualdo — O Crux benedicta  Latin SATTB
• Claudio Merulo — O crux benedicta  Latin SATTB
• Claudio Monteverdi — O crux benedicta  Latin SST

Text and translations

Latin text O crux benedicta! Quae sola fuisti digna, portare Regem coelorum, et Dominum, alleluia. Variant 1 defende nos omni malo.

English translation O Blessed Cross, which only was worthy to bear the Lord and King of heaven, alleluia. Variant 1 defend us from all evil.