Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IX, 1952 Liturgy Hymns and sequences

Placare Christe Servulis

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"PLACARE CHRISTE SERVULIS". - Hymn of Vespers for the feast of All Saints, by an unknown author; it is found in manuscripts from as early as the 10th century.

It is a succession of invocations to the various categories of saints, asking them to obtain the grace of salvation. The correctors under Urban VIII almost completely rewrote this hymn, which in the original began: Christe, Redemptor omnium.

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BIBL.: J. Wackernagel, Das deutsche Kirchenlied, I, Leipzig 1864, pp. 321-34; U. Chevalier, Poésie liturgique. Rythme et histoire, Paris 1893, p. 247; C. Albin, La poésie du Bréviaire, Lyon n.d., pp. 369-73; A. Mirra, Gli inni del Breviario romano, Naples 1947, p. 241.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), col. 1596.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Placare Christe Servulis.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 1596. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/placare-christe-servulis.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Placare Christe Servulis.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1596. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/placare-christe-servulis.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Placare Christe Servulis},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {1596},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/placare-christe-servulis}
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