one of the four Marian antiphons

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• Marian antiphon — Marian antiphons are a group of sacred devotional songs in the Gregorian chant repertory of the Roman Catholic Church sung in honor of the Virgin Mary. Marian antiphons are not true antiphons, in that they are not associated and chanted with a… …   Wikipedia

• Marian art in the Catholic Church — Our Mother of Perpetual Help, an icon of the Cretan school, in Rome since the 15th century, which has long been a very popular image for Catholics. Reproductions are sometimes displayed in homes or elsewhere. Archangels Michael and Gabriel are… …   Wikipedia

• The Primer —     The Primer     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Primer     The common English name for a book of devotions which from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century was the ordinary prayer book used by the laity. The contents of these books varied… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Liturgy of the Hours — in a monastery of Carthusian nuns. This article refers to the Liturgy of the Hours as a specific manifestation of the public prayer of the Catholic Church. For its application in other communions, see canonical hours. The Liturgy of the Hours… …   Wikipedia

• Hymns to Mary — Eastern Orthodox icon of the Praises of the Theotokos, before which the Akathist hymn to Mary may be chanted. Marian Hymns are Christian songs focused on the Virgin Mary. They are used in both devotional and liturgical services, particularly by… …   Wikipedia

• Vespers —    1) The major hour of the divine office of the Roman Catholic rite sung in the evening. Sundays and important feasts are allotted two vespers services, a first vespers that begins the feast on the preceding evening and second vespers that… …   Historical dictionary of sacred music

• William Byrd — (c. 1540 ndash; 4 July 1623) was an English composer of the Renaissance. He cultivated many of the forms current in England at the time, including various types of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard and consort music ProvenanceOur knowledge… …   Wikipedia

• Queen of Heaven — This article is about the Catholic title of the Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven. For Queen of Heaven in antiquity, see Queen of Heaven (Antiquity). The Crowning of the Virgin by the Trinity. Velázquez, 1645 Queen of Heaven is a title given to the… …   Wikipedia

• Regina Coeli — The Regina Caeli or Regina Coeli ( Queen of Heaven , in ecclesastical Latin pronounced|reˈdʒiːna ˈtʃeːli), an ancient latin Marian Hymn of the Christian Church, is one of the four seasonal Marian antiphons of the Blessed Virgin Mary, prescribed… …   Wikipedia

• Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic) — Blessed Virgin Mary The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: The Church s devotion to the Blessed Virgin is intrinsic to Christian worship. [1] Mother of …   Wikipedia

• Guillaume Dufay — Dufay (left), with Gilles Binchois Guillaume Dufay (Du Fay, Du Fayt) (August 5, 1397?[1] – November 27, 1474) was a Franco Flemish composer of the early Renaissance. As the central figure in the Burgundian School, he was the most famous and… …   Wikipedia