«SALUTIS AETERNAE DATOR». – Hymn of Lauds in the Office of the feast of All Saints, by an unknown author; it appears in manuscripts from the 9th century.
It consists of a series of litany-inspired invocations to Christ, the Virgin, the Angels, the Apostles, the Patriarchs, the Prophets, St. John the Baptist, St. Peter, the martyrs, the confessors, the virgins; and finally a prayer to all the blessed possessors of the heavenly kingdom that they may strengthen our prayers.
Bibl.: G. G. Belli, Gli inni del Breviario tradotti, Roma 1856, p. 338; L. Venturi, Gli inni della Chiesa, Firenze 1883, 3a ed., p. 374; C. Albin, La poésie du Bréviaire, Lione s. a., pp. 374-78; A. Mirra, Gli inni del Bréviaire romano, Napoli 1947, p. 242.