Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Liturgy Hymns and sequences

Jesus, Glory of Angels

IESU DECUS ANGELICUM

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Also known as: Jubilus on the Name of Jesus; Latin: Iubilus rytmicus de nomine Iesu

"IESU DECUS ANGELICUM." - Hymn of Lauds for the feast of the Name of Jesus, taken from a composition of 49 stanzas wrongly attributed to St. Bernard, entitled: Iubilus rytmicus de nomine Iesu, but by an unknown author of the first half of the 13th century, or of the end of the 12th century (cf. A. Wilmart, Le «Iubilus» sur le nom de Jésus, dit de st Bernard, in Eph. liturg., 57 [1943], pp. 222-27; he also provides the critical text).

These stanzas proclaim the praises of the name of Jesus, which fills the heart with sweetness and irradiates the intellect with light. The hymn was introduced into the Breviary by Innocent XII, who in 1721 extended to the universal Church the feast of the Name of Jesus, promoted in the 15th century by St. Bernardino of Siena and St. John of Capistrano.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 1588.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Iesu Decus Angelicum.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1588. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/iesu-decus-angelicum.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Iesu Decus Angelicum.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1588. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/iesu-decus-angelicum.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Iesu Decus Angelicum},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {1588},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/iesu-decus-angelicum}
}

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