Salve festa dies

General information

Author: Venantius Fortunatus.

An Easter processional hymn.

Settings by composers

• Gregorian chant
• Gregor Aichinger SATTB.SAATB
• Anonymous
  • I STTB
  • II STT
  • III ATB
  • IV STB
• Christoph Dalitz SAT, ATB, SSA and TTB
• John Sheppard TTBarB
• Sixt Dietrich SATB, verse 1 and refrain

Text and translations

Latin text Salve festa dies toto venerabilis aevo In tempore paschale:   qua Deus infernum vicit et astra tenet. In die ascensione:   qua Deus ascendit victor et astra tenet. In die pentecoste:   qua sacer accendit Spiritus igne suos. Ecce renascentis testatur gratia mundi Omnia cum Domino dona redisse suo. Namque triumphanti post tristia tartara Christo Undique fronde nemus gramina flore favent. Legibus inferni oppressis super astra meantem laudant rite deum lux polus arva fretum. Qui crucifixus erat Deus, ecce per omnia regnat Dantque Creatori cuncta creata precem. Nobilitas anni, mensium decus atque dierum horarum splendor saecula cuncta fovens. Christe salus rerum, bone conditor atque redemptor unica progenies ex Deitate Patris.

English translation