Iste est Joannes

General information

Motet for the feast of St. John the Evangelist.

Notes on selected settings

• Luca Marenzio SATB (first section only)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Nobuaki Izawa — Iste est Joannes  Latin SATB
• Luca Marenzio — Iste est Joannes  Latin SATB
• Tiburtio Massaino — Iste est Ioannes  Latin SATTB
• Peter Philips — Iste est Joannes  Latin SSATB

Text and translations

Latin text Iste est Joannes, qui supra pectus Domini in coena recubuit: beatus Apostolus, cui revelata sunt secreta caelestia. Fluenta Evangelii de ipso sacro Dominici pectoris fonte potavit. Beatus apostolus, cui revelata sunt secreta caelestia. Noë, Noë.

English translation This is John, who leaned on the breast of the Lord at the Last Supper: Blessed Apostle, to whom the secrets of heaven have been revealed. He drank the rivers of the gospel from the sacred fount of the Lord's breast. Blessed Apostle, to whom the secrets of heaven have been revealed. Noel,Noel.