Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Liturgy Hymns and sequences

Custodes Hominum Psallimus Angelos

Italian original Cite

CUSTODES HOMINUM PSALLIMUS ANGELOS. - Hymn of Vespers for the feast of the Guardian Angels (Oct. 2). There are three Sapphic stanzas inspired by the need for heavenly help in the continuous struggles that must be sustained against the forces of evil. The third stanza is a prayer to the Guardian Angel. It is found for the first time in a Cistercian breviary of 1570.

Bibliography4 works

BIBL.: G. G. Belli, Gli inni del Breviario romano tradotti, Rome 1857, p. 312; C. Albini, La poésie du Bréviaire, I, Lyon n.d., p. 115; G. Bossi, Gli inni del Breviario romano, versione ritmica, Rome 1919, p. 192; A. Mitra, Gli inni del Breviario romano, Naples 1947.

Silverio Mattei

About this entry

By Silverio Mattei

How we know signed in print

Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 1095.

More by Silverio Mattei: Czartoryski, August · Czerny, Karl · Crudelis Herodes Deum · Crucifers of the Red Star · Adorers of the Cross of Jesus Sacramented

Cite this article

Chicago

Mattei, Silverio. “Custodes Hominum Psallimus Angelos.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1095. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/custodes-hominum-psallimus-angelos.

MLA

Mattei, Silverio. “Custodes Hominum Psallimus Angelos.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1095. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/custodes-hominum-psallimus-angelos.

BibTeX

@incollection{ec4_custodes_hominum_psallimus_ang,
  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Custodes Hominum Psallimus Angelos},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1095},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/custodes-hominum-psallimus-angelos}
}

One of some 20,000 entries brought back from the twelve printed volumes (1948–54). Spotted something? Help us improve it.