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Text:O Sanctissima
Tune:O DU FRÖHLICHE

468. O Sanctissima

O sanctissima, O piissima,
Dulcis virgo Maria!
Mater amata, intemerata,
Ora, ora pro nobis.

Tu solatium et refugium,
Virgo mater Maria!
Quidquid optamus, per te speramus,
Ora, ora pro nobis.

Text Information
First Line: O sanctissima, O piissima
Title: O Sanctissima
Language: English; Latin
Publication Date: 1994
Topic: Christmas; Mary, Mother of God
Source: St. 1 Stimmen der Völker in Liedern, 1807; St. 2 Arundel Hymnal, 1902
Tune Information
Name: O DU FRÖHLICHE
Meter: 55 7 55 7
Key: C Major
Source: Tattersall's Psalter, 1794



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