CAELI DEUS SANCTISSIME. — It is the hymn of Vespers for Wednesday, attributed to St. Ambrose, but not with very much foundation. The day that dies inspires in the poet feelings of emotion. After a brief description of the sunset and of the last gleams of light, the reference to Gen. 1:14-19 is full of meaning, where, on the fourth day, the creation of the «luminaria magna» is placed: the sun, the moon, the stars that give life and light to creation. The whole composition is in the form of a prayer, and the fourth stanza pleads for the flight of night from the heart, of darkness from the intellect and of the bonds of guilt from the conscience.
Mattei, Silverio. “Caeli Deus Sanctissime.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 274. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/caeli-deus-sanctissime.
MLA
Mattei, Silverio. “Caeli Deus Sanctissime.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 274. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/caeli-deus-sanctissime.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec3_caeli_deus_sanctissime,
author = {Mattei, Silverio},
title = {Caeli Deus Sanctissime},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {III},
pages = {274},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/caeli-deus-sanctissime}
}
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