Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Liturgy Hymns and sequences

Ecce Iam Noctis Tenuatur Umbra

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"ECCE IAM NOCTIS TENUATUR UMBRA." - A hymn of Lauds for the Sundays after Pentecost, of unknown authorship, it is found in manuscripts of the 10th century.

The author exhorted the faithful to pray, as the darkness of night disperses, for the remission of sins and for the gift of eternal peace. The brief prayer rises in a Sapphic stanza with a regular movement and a fresh initial inspiration.

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BIBL.: G. Belli, Gli inni del Brev. tradotti, Rome 1836, pp. 12-13; V. Terreno, Gli inni dell'Ufficio divino, Mondovì 1932, p. 26; A. Mitta, Gli inni del Brev. romano, Naples 1947, p. 57.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 34.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Ecce Iam Noctis Tenuatur Umbra.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 34. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/ecce-iam-noctis-tenuatur-umbra.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Ecce Iam Noctis Tenuatur Umbra.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 34. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ecce-iam-noctis-tenuatur-umbra.

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  title     = {Ecce Iam Noctis Tenuatur Umbra},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
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  pages     = {34},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
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