Sequence Veni Sancte Spiritus

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Sequence Veni Sancte Spiritus is a medieval Latin liturgical hymn traditionally sung at Pentecost, invoking the Holy Spirit and celebrating His gifts to the Church.

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Label Occurrences
Sequence Veni Sancte Spiritus canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin hymn ⓘ
Pentecost sequence ⓘ
liturgical sequence ⓘ
addressedTo Third Person of the Trinity ⓘ
linked to: Trinity
alsoKnownAs Golden Sequence ⓘ
approximateDate 13th century ⓘ
associatedWith Catholic Church ⓘ
Roman Rite liturgy ⓘ
attributedTo King Robert II of France ⓘ
linked to: Robert II of France

Pope Innocent III ⓘ
Stephen Langton ⓘ
category Medieval Latin hymnody ⓘ
Pentecost hymns ⓘ
containsMotive prayer for comfort ⓘ
prayer for forgiveness of sin ⓘ
prayer for light ⓘ
prayer for renewal of the faithful ⓘ
genre Gregorian chant ⓘ
influenced later hymns to the Holy Spirit ⓘ
invokedPerson Holy Spirit ⓘ
linked to: God the Holy Spirit
language Latin ⓘ
liturgicalDay Solemnity of Pentecost ⓘ
linked to: Pentecost
liturgicalFunction sequence before the Gospel ⓘ
liturgicalRank obligatory sequence on Pentecost in the Roman Rite ⓘ
liturgicalUse Mass ⓘ
Pentecost ⓘ
Roman Rite ⓘ
metricalForm accentual verse ⓘ
musicalStyle plainchant ⓘ
numberOfStanzas 10 main stanzas (excluding Alleluia) in common form ⓘ
period Middle Ages ⓘ
preservedIn Roman Missal ⓘ
linked to: Missale Romanum
purpose to invoke the descent of the Holy Spirit on the faithful ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Western Christianity ⓘ
rhymeScheme double rhyme ⓘ
statusInRomanMissal one of the few sequences retained after the Council of Trent ⓘ
textOpening Veni Sancte Spiritus, et emitte caelitus lucis tuae radium ⓘ
textType rhymed sequence ⓘ
theme consolation ⓘ
gifts of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
guidance of the Church ⓘ
invocation of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
sanctification ⓘ
usedIn Roman Catholic liturgy ⓘ
some Anglican liturgies ⓘ
some Lutheran liturgies ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Descent of the Holy Spirit → commemoratedByPrayer → Sequence Veni Sancte Spiritus ⓘ
Feasts of the Holy Spirit → liturgicalElement → Sequence Veni Sancte Spiritus ⓘ