"Herzliebster Jesu" | |
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Lutheran Passion hymn | |
![]() Johann Heermann, the poet | |
English | "O dearest Jesus" |
Catalogue | Zahn 983 |
Genre | Hymn |
Written | 1630 |
Text | by Johann Heermann |
Language | German |
Meter | 11.11.11.5 |
Melody | by Johann Crüger |
Published | 1630 |
"Herzliebster Jesu" (often translated into English as "Ah, Holy Jesus", sometimes as "O Dearest Jesus") is a Lutheran Passion hymn in German, written in 1630 by Johann Heermann, in 15 stanzas of 4 lines, first published in Devoti Musica Cordis in Breslau.[1] As the original headline reveals, it is based on Augustine of Hippo; this means the seventh chapter of the so-called "Meditationes Divi Augustini", presently ascribed to John of Fécamp.[2]
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