Music of Advent, Day 2, First Monday – Verbum supernum prodiens

In English, Supernal Word.  These are the first three words of both an Advent hymn and a Eucharistic hymn.  The Advent hymn continues with either “A Patre olim exiens” or “E Patris aeterni sinu,” while the Eucharistic hymn continues with “Nec Patris linquens dexteram.”    Annus Sanctus presents four different translations, one for each weekContinue reading “Music of Advent, Day 2, First Monday – Verbum supernum prodiens”

29 November – Saint Saturninus of Rome

“St. Saturninus and Some Curiosities of the  Roman Missal” Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum Martyrologium Romanum Roman Martyrology Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger. The lives of saints, with other feasts of the year, according to the Roman calendar by Peter Ribadeneir. Medieval Hagiography BHL The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database Breviarium RomanumContinue reading “29 November – Saint Saturninus of Rome”