Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Liturgy Hymns and sequences

Decora Lux Aeternitatis, Auream

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DECORA LUX AETERNITATIS, AUREAM. - It is the hymn of Vespers for the feast of the Sts. apostles Peter and Paul, composed of the first and sixth stanzas of the hymn attributed to Elpidia in honor of the Prince of the Apostles, which begins: Aurea luce et decore roseo, later reworked by the correctors under Urban VIII.

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BIBL.: G. Belli, Gli inni del Breviario, Rome 1856, p. 274; V. Terreno, Gli inni dell'ufficio divino, Mondovì 1932, p. 218; A. Mirra, Gli inni del Breviario romano, Naples 1947, p. 219.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 1276.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Decora Lux Aeternitatis, auream.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1276. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/decora-lux-aeternitatis-auream.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Decora Lux Aeternitatis, auream.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1276. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/decora-lux-aeternitatis-auream.

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  title     = {Decora Lux Aeternitatis, auream},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1276},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/decora-lux-aeternitatis-auream}
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