Iste sanctus

General information

Magnificat antiphon for the feast of a martyr.

Notes on selected settings

• Anonymous, from Trent 89 (1460's) ATT

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Anonymous — Iste sanctus  Latin STT
• Francesco Foggia — Iste sanctus  Latin ATB
• Ruggiero Giovannelli — Iste sanctus  Latin SATTB
• Jacob Handl — Iste sanctus  Latin SSATTB
• Luca Marenzio — Iste sanctus  Latin SATB
• Agostino Masera — Iste sanctus  Latin SATB, ATTB
• Teodoro Riccio — Iste sanctus  Latin SATTB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria — Iste sanctus  Latin SATB,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.

German translation Dieser Heilige kämpfte für das Gesetz seines Gottes bis zum Tode, und fürchtete nicht die Worte der Ungläubigen, denn er war begründet auf sicherem Fels. Translation by Gerhard Weydt