«TE JOSEPH CELEBRENT». — Hymn of the Vespers for the feast of St. Joseph, composed by Fr. Giovanni della Concezione, a Discalced Carmelite, around 1665, and inserted into the Breviary by Clement X in 1671.
It recalls the principal events of the life of St. Joseph, from his espousal to his hidden life in the house of Nazareth.
Bibl.: G. G. Belli, *Gli inni del Breviario tradotti*, Rome 1856, p. 236; V. Terreno, *Gli inni dell'Ufficio divino*, Mondovì 1932, p. 186; A. Wilmart, *L'office de st Joseph et l'hymne «T. J. c.»*, in *Rev. Gregorienne*, 11 (1926), pp. 1–12. Silverio Mattei