Princeps gloriosissime

General information

Antiphon to the Magnificat at Vespers on Michaelmas

Settings by composers

• Vicente Lusitano SAATB (secunda pars of Hic est Michael archangelus)
• Luca Marenzio SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SSSA & SATB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Scipione Dentice — Princeps gloriosissime
• Gregorian chant — Commemorationes communes - Suffragia

Text and translations

Latin text Princeps gloriosissime, Michael Archangele, esto memor nostri: hic et ubique semper precare pro nobis Filium Dei. Alleluia.

English translation O most glorious Prince, Michael the Archangel, be mindful of us: here and everywhere pray always unto the Son of God for us. Alleluia.