Alma Redemptoris Mater

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Alma Redemptoris Mater is a traditional Catholic Marian antiphon sung especially during the Advent and Christmas seasons in honor of the Virgin Mary.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic hymn
Marian antiphon
liturgical chant
addressedTo Blessed Virgin Mary
linked to: Virgin Mary

Virgin Mary
associatedWith Advent season
Christmas season
category Catholic Marian hymns
Gregorian chants
linked to: Gregorian chant

Latin hymns
devotionalContext Marian devotion in Advent
Marian devotion in Christmas season
genre Gregorian chant
hasVersion simple tone
solemn tone
honors Mary as Mother of God
Mother of the Redeemer
linked to: Virgin Mary
language Latin
liturgicalFunction Marian devotion
antiphon to the Blessed Virgin Mary
liturgicalPosition sung after Compline
liturgicalSeason Advent
Christmas
liturgicalUse Canonical Hours
Compline
Liturgy of the Hours
mentions Gabriel’s Ave
the birth of Christ
musicalForm chant antiphon
oneOf four seasonal Marian antiphons
partOf Marian antiphons
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
requests Mary’s intercession
Mary’s protection
requestsFromMary to help the fallen people
to show Jesus after this exile
sungDuring from First Sunday of Advent to Feast of the Presentation
sungIn Catholic churches
monastic communities
textOpening Alma Redemptoris Mater, quae pervia caeli
theologicalTheme incarnation of Christ
intercession of Mary
redemption
usedBy Latin Church
Western Catholic liturgy

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Marian antiphons hasPart Alma Redemptoris Mater
The Prioress's Tale containsMotif Marian hymn Alma Redemptoris Mater
linked to: Alma Redemptoris Mater
Alma Redemptoris Mater textOpening Alma Redemptoris Mater, quae pervia caeli
linked to: Alma Redemptoris Mater
Ave Regina Caelorum isOneOf Alma Redemptoris Mater