Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VIII, 1952 Liturgy Hymns and sequences

Maria Castis Oculis

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MARIA CASTIS OCULIS. - It is the hymn at Matins for the feast of St. Mary Magdalene.

It consists of a single strophe inspired by the account in Jn. 12:3, which St. Robert Bellarmine, the author of the hymn of Vespers, extracted from the hymn Magno salutis gaudio of St. Gregory the Great (PL 78, 850).

Mary, the sinner of Magdala, enters the house of Simon where Jesus is at table, bathes his feet with tears and dries them with her flowing hair, then anointing them with perfumes. A vivid and speaking scene, represented with brevity and clarity.

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BIBL.: G. G. Belli, Gli inni del Breviario tradotti, Rome 1856, p. 98; C. Albin, La poëzie du Bréviaire, Lyon n.d., p. 312; A. Mirra, Gli inni del Breviario romano, Naples 1947, p. 228.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), col. 131.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Maria Castis Oculis.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 131. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/maria-castis-oculis.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Maria Castis Oculis.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 131. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/maria-castis-oculis.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Maria Castis Oculis},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VIII},
  pages     = {131},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/maria-castis-oculis}
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