Veni redemptor gentium

Veni, redemptor gentium, text and Gregorian notation

"Veni redemptor gentium" (Come, Redeemer of the nations) is a Latin Advent or Christmas hymn by Ambrose of Milan in iambic tetrameter.[1] The hymn is assigned to the Office of Readings for Advent, from 17 December through 24 December, in the Liturgy of the Hours. John Mason Neale and Thomas Helmore saw it as an Evening hymn for the period from Christmas to the eve of Epiphany.[2]

  1. ^ Philipps, Eric (2023). "Collaboration over Time: Luther's Adaptation of Ambrose's Veni Redemptor Gentium". In Kellerman, James A.; Smith, R. Alden; Springer, Carl P.E. (eds.). Athens and Wittenberg: poetry, philosophy, and Luther's legacy. Leiden / Boston: Brill. p. 114. ISBN 9789004206717.
  2. ^ Hymnal Noted, Pt. I (John Mason Neale and Rev. Thomas Helmore, eds.), London: Novello & Co., 1856, #12, pp. 35-36

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