« IAM SOL RECEDIT IGNEUS ». - Hymn at Saturday Vespers, by an unknown author, belonging to the “Irish-Anglo-Saxon” group.
With the disappearance of daylight and the onset of darkness, the Christian turns to the one and triune God, perpetual light that enlightens every person who comes into the world. They are two simple stanzas that sing of already familiar themes, but present them anew in a graceful and agile form.
BIBL.: G. G. Belli, Gli inni del Breviario tradotti, Rome 1856, pp. 92–93; F. Vanderstuyf, Les hymnes de l'Ordinaire du Bréviaire romain, Paris 1922, p. 112; V. Terreno, Gli inni dell'Ufficio divino, Mondovì 1932, p. 98; A. Mirra, Gli inni del Breviario romano, Naples 1947, p. 80. Silverio Mattei