Ave Regina caelorum

"Ave Regina caelorum" is one of the Marian antiphons said or sung in the Liturgy of the Hours at the close of compline. In the Roman Breviary as revised by Pope Pius V in 1569 it was assigned for this use from compline of 2 February until compline of Wednesday of Holy Week. Since the revision of the Liturgy of the Hours in 1969, the only Marian antiphon for whose use a fixed period is laid down is the Easter season antiphon Regina caeli.[1][2][3][4]

Part of a series on the
Mariology
of the Catholic Church
Catholicism portal

Like the other Marian antiphons, Ave Regina caelorum has been set to polyphonic music by composers such as Leonel Power (d. 1445), Guillaume Du Fay (d. 1474), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), Marc-Antoine Charpentier, 3 settings, H 22, H 19, H 45 and Joseph Haydn (1732-1809).[5][6][7]

The prayer, whose author is unknown, is found in manuscripts from the twelfth century onward.[2]

Text

The antiphon itself consists of two stanzas, each of four lines:

Compline, as revised in 1969 after the Second Vatican Council, ends with the antiphon alone. In the earlier Roman Breviary the following versicle (℣) and response (℟) and the following prayer are added to the antiphon:

See also

References
  1. "Finally one of the antiphons of the Blessed Virgin Mary is said. In Eastertide this is always the Regina caeli" (General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours, 92).
  2. Hugh Henry, "Ave Regina" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1907)
  3. Ruth Steiner, "Ave Regina caelorum" in New Catholic Encyclopedia
  4. Gregory DiPippo, "Ave Regina Caelorum"
  5. M. Jean Frisk, "Antiphons" (University of Dayton)
  6. Cori Spezzati: Volume 2: An Anthology of Sacred Polychoral Music by Anthony F. Carver 2009 ISBN 0-521-10635-4 page 121
  7. Choral Repertoire by Dennis Shrock 2009 ISBN 0-19-532778-0 page 585
  8. Romain Kito, Prayers to the Virgin Mary (LunaBulle 2013)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.