Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Liturgy Hymns and sequences

Hail, Flowers of Martyrs

SALVETE FLORES MARTYRUM

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SALVETE FLORES MARTYRUM. - Hymn of Vespers and Lauds on the feast of the Innocents. It consists of two stanzas taken from the Hymnus Epiphaniae of Prudentius' Cathemerinon, nos. 32 and 33.

It is a greeting to these flores martyrum who, having barely crossed the threshold of life, were killed for Christ.

The poet, recalling a scene from the Apocalypse (6:9), sees these innocent children playing with palms and crowns, and not praying and exulting like the martyrs of the arenas.

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BIBL.: G. G. Belli, Gli inni del Breviario tradotti, Rome 1856, p. 124; G. S. Pimont, Les hymnes du Bréviaire romain, II, Paris 1880, pp. 71-77; A. Albin, La poésie du Brév., Lyon n.d., pp. 132-134; A. Mirra, Gli inni del Brev. rom., Naples 1947, p. 91.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), coll. 1721–1722.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Salvete Flores Martyrum.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, coll. 1721–1722. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/salvete-flores-martyrum.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Salvete Flores Martyrum.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 1721–1722. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/salvete-flores-martyrum.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Salvete Flores Martyrum},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {1721--1722},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/salvete-flores-martyrum}
}

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