Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XI, 1953 Liturgy Hymns and sequences

Te Lucis Ante Terminum

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TE LUCIS ANTE TERMINUM. — Hymn of Compline, belonging to the Irish group.

It is the evening prayer, in which the soul turns to God asking him to guard it in sleep.

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BIBL.: G. G. Belli, Gli inni del Breviario tradotti, Rome 1856, p. 94; G. S. Piment, Les hymnes du Bréviaire romain, I, Paris 1874, pp. 124-30; A. Mirra, Gli inni del Breviario romano, Naples 1947, p. 49.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 1880.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Te Lucis Ante Terminum.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 1880. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/te-lucis-ante-terminum.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Te Lucis Ante Terminum.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1880. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/te-lucis-ante-terminum.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Te Lucis Ante Terminum},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {1880},
  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/te-lucis-ante-terminum}
}

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