Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Liturgy Hymns and sequences

Fortem Virili Pectore

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"FORTEM VIRILI PECTORE." - This is the hymn of Vespers and Lauds in the Office of holy non-virgins, written by Cardinal Silvio Antoniani (d. 1603) and inserted into the Breviary by Clement VIII in 1602, in replacement of another much more ancient one.

The author was certainly inspired by the passage in Prov. 31:10-31: Mulierem fortem quis inveniet? which extols the virtues of the wise woman. Striking is that initial Forte, which stands in contrast to the deceitfulness, the beauty and the vanity of the woman of the world! The Saint scorns profane love and revives herself with divine love, restrains the demands of the body and feeds the spirit with the sublime sweetness of prayer.

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BIBL.: G. Belli, Gli inni del Breviario tradotti, Rome 1856, p. 304 ff.; V. Terreno, Gli inni dell'Ufficio divino, Mondovì 1932, p. 330 ff.; A. Mitra, Gli inni del Breviario romano, Naples 1947, p. 262 ff.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), coll. 1536–1537.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Fortem Virili Pectore.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, coll. 1536–1537. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/fortem-virili-pectore.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Fortem Virili Pectore.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1536–1537. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/fortem-virili-pectore.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Fortem Virili Pectore},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1536--1537},
  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/fortem-virili-pectore}
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