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De Donis Dei

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DE DONIS DEI. - A formula often used mostly on liturgical furnishings, in ancient Christian inscriptions both in the West and in the East (τὰ σὰ ἐκ τῶν σῶν προσφέραμεν).

It is also found in a Jewish sepulchral inscription from Auch (De Saulcy, in Comptes rendus de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles lettres, 1869, p. 172). The formula De donis Dei et Christi is often found, or De donis Dei et Sée D(e) Genitricis Mari(a)e, or et sēi Johannis Baptist(a)e, or et Dom(i)ni Petri, or et beati Pauli. At Iulia Concordia (Portogruaro), on the other hand, one finds de data Dei or de Dei datis (CIL, V, 1718, 8677).

In the Unde et memores of the Canon of the Mass we have: Offerimus tibi Domine... de tuis donis ac datis.

Bibliography2 works

BIBL.: H. Leclercq, a. v. in DACL, IV, coll. 1307-10; E. Diehl, Inscriptiones Christianae Latinae veteres, III, Berlin 1935 (see index).

Enrico Josi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 1297.

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Josi, Enrico. “De Donis dei.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1297. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/de-donis-dei.

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Josi, Enrico. “De Donis dei.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1297. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/de-donis-dei.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {De Donis dei},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1297},
  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/de-donis-dei}
}

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