Iste est Joannes

General information

Motet for the feast of St. John the Evangelist.

Settings by composers

• Nobuaki Izawa SATB
• Luca Marenzio SATB (first section only)
• Tiburtio Massaino SATTB
• Peter Philips SSATB

Text and translations

Latin text Iste est Joannes, qui supra pectus Domini in coena recubuit: beatus Apostolus, cui revelata sunt secreta caelestia. Fluenta Evangelii de ipso sacro Dominici pectoris fonte potavit. Beatus apostolus, cui revelata sunt secreta caelestia. Noë, Noë.

English translation This is John, who leaned on the breast of the Lord at the Last Supper: Blessed Apostle, to whom the secrets of heaven have been revealed. He drank the rivers of the gospel from the sacred fount of the Lord's breast. Blessed Apostle, to whom the secrets of heaven have been revealed. Noel,Noel.