O Sanctissima

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O sanctissima, o piissima

Tune: SICILIAN MARINERS
Published in 50 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	Hymns of Joy

Choral
	O Sanctissima/ O How Joyfully

Handbells
	Christmas Carillon

Representative Text

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.

Source: Catholic Book of Worship III #468

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First Line:	O sanctissima, o piissima
Title:	O Sanctissima
Meter:	5.5.7.5.5.7
Source:	Latin Verse 1: Herder's Stimmen der Völker in Liedern, 1807; Latin Verses 2-4: Arundel Hymnal, 1905
Language:	Latin
Notes:	Spanish translation: "Oh Santísima, Oh purísima," Traditional; English translations: "O most virtuous and most pious" by Neil Borgstrom, "O Sanctissima, Holy Queen of Love" by Hary Hagan, "O most holy one, O most lowly one" by Charles W. Leland
Copyright:	Public Domain

John 19:25-27
(hymns)

German

Lobet den Herrn, Gesangbuch fuer alle Zeiten des Kirchenjahres #d119

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SICILIAN MARINERS

SICILIAN MARINERS is traditionally used for the Roman Catholic Marian hymn "O Sanctissima." According to tradition, Sicilian seamen ended each day on their ships by singing this hymn in unison. The tune probably traveled from Italy to Germany to England, where The European Magazine and London Review…

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