Ave sanctissima Maria

Settings by composers

• Paolo Animuccia AATB (Variant 2)
• Cornelius Canis SATTB (Variant 2)
• Andrea Gabrieli SATTB or ATTTB (Variant 2)
• Carlo Gesualdo SSATTB (Variant 2)
• Heinrich Isaac SATB (Variant 1)
• Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger S (Variant 2)
• Philippe Verdelot SAATTB (Variant 1)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Felice Anerio — Ave Sanctissima Maria
• Jakob Reiner — Ave sanctissima Maria
• Claudin de Sermisy — Ave sanctissima Maria

Text and translations

Latin text Ave sanctissima Maria, mater Dei, regina caeli, porta paradisi, domina mundi. Pura singularis tu es virgo. Tu concepisti/concepta Jesum sine peccato. Tu peperisti creatorem et salvatorem mundi in quo [ego] non dubito. Variant 1 Ora pro nobis Jesum Tuum dilectum filium, et libera nos ab omnibus malis. Variant 2 Libera nos/me ab omni malo et ora pro peccatis nostris/meis.

English translation Hail most holy Mary, mother of God, queen of heaven, gate of paradise, ruler of the world. You are a uniquely pure virgin. You conceived Jesus without sin. You bore the creator and saviour of the world in whom I do not doubt. Variant 1 Pray for us to Jesus, your beloved son, and free us from all evil. Variant 2 Free us/me from every evil and pray for us sinners/me a sinner.