Salvete flores martyrum
Salvete flores martyrum is the office hymn for Lauds on the Feast of the Holy Innocents (Dec. 28). Its stanzas are drawn from Prudentius' Epiphany hymn Cathemerinon and were first assembled in the 1568 Breviary of Pope Pius V. The Catholic Encyclopedia (1917) claims there are some 25 English versions extant.
Settings by composers
- Gregorian chant — Salvete flores Martyrum Latin Unison
- Orlando di Lasso — Salvete flores martyrum Latin SATB
- Jan Le Febure — Salvete flores martyrum Latin SATB
- Josef Ohnewald — Hymni vespertini Latin SATB
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Salvete flores martyrum Latin SATB
- Josef Rheinberger — Hymnen Op. 107 Latin SATB
- Tomás Luis de Victoria — Salvete flores martyrum Latin SATB
Text and translations
Latin text Salvete flores Martyrum |
English translation All hail, ye little Martyr flowers, |
External links
- preces-latinae.org
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1917) (claims 25 English versions extant)
- Baker's "Sweet flowerets of the martyr band"
- Athelstan Riley's "All Hail, Ye Little Martyr Flowers"