Iste sanctus

General information

Magnificat antiphon for the feast of a martyr.

Settings by composers

• Anonymous, from Trent 89 (1460's) ATT
• Francesco Foggia ATB & bc
• Ruggiero Giovannelli SATTB
• Luca Marenzio SATB
• Agostino Masera SATB or ATTB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria SATB or ATTB

Text and translations

Latin text Iste sanctus pro lege Dei sui, certavit usque ad mortem et a verbis impiorum non timuit fundatus enim erat supra firmam petram.

English translation This is a saint who, for the law of his God, strove even unto death and feared nothing from the words of the impious, for he was founded on a sure rock.