“What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too…” Pope Benedict XVI (7 July 2007)
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OUR LADY
O Gloriosa Femina
(“O glorious Maid, exalted far”)
Venantius Fortunatus, Bishop of Poitiers; translated into English by Percy Dearmer
TUNE: “Winchester New” • 88 88 (LM)
“O Gloriosa Femina” (a.k.a. “O Gloriosa Domina”) was originally the second half of “Quem Terra, Pontus, Aethera.” Brébeuf page 392 includes the complete poem by Fortunatus.