Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XII, 1954 Liturgy Hymns and sequences

Veni Sancte Spiritus

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VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS. - Sequence of the Mass of Pentecost, attributed to Stephen Langton (v. PENTECOSTE).

A composition in stanzas of three non-prosaic but accented senarius verses; the first two, sdruccioli, rhyme with each other, the third, with the clause ium, rhymes with the last verse of each stanza.

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BIBL.: C. O. Dreves, Anal. hymn. Medii aevi, X, Leipzig 1908, pp. 32, 122; M. Righetti, Man. di stor. lit., II, Milan 1946, pp. 213-15; I. A. Jungmann, Missarum sollemnia, Italian trans., 1, Turin-Rome 1953, p. 356. See also: VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS.

Silverio Mattei

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), col. 1231.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Veni Sancte Spiritus.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 1231. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/veni-sancte-spiritus.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Veni Sancte Spiritus.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 1231. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/veni-sancte-spiritus.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Veni Sancte Spiritus},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {1231},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/veni-sancte-spiritus}
}

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