Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Liturgy Hymns and sequences

Caelitum Joseph Decus Atque Nostrae

CAELITUM IOSEPH DECUS ATQUE NOSTRAE

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"CAELITUM IOSEPH DECUS ATQUE NOSTRAE". - Hymn of Matins for the feast of St. Joseph, which appears for the first time in a Benedictine breviary of 1580.

In a Sapphic ode that unfolds nimbly and harmoniously, the few passages of the Gospel where the action of the holy Patriarch appears are recalled. The first stanza addresses him as an ornament of heaven, the hope of our life and the salvation of the world, a prelude to his declaration as Patron of the universal Church made by Pius IX. Silverio Mattei

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 274.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Caelitum Ioseph Decus Atque Nostrae.” 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/caelitum-ioseph-decus-atque-nostrae.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Caelitum Ioseph Decus Atque Nostrae.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 274. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/caelitum-ioseph-decus-atque-nostrae.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Caelitum Ioseph Decus Atque Nostrae},
  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/caelitum-ioseph-decus-atque-nostrae}
}

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