Elegerunt Apostoli

General information

Offertory for the feast of St. Stephen.

Settings by composers

• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB
• Peter Philips SSATB
• Mikolaj Zielenski ("suscipe" for "accipe") SSAT.ATBarB

Text and translations

Latin text Elegerunt Apostoli Stephanum Levitam, plenum fide et Spiritu Sancto, quem lapidaverunt Judaei orantem et dicentem: Domine Jesu, accipe spiritum meum. Alleluja.

English translation The Apostles chose Stephen, a Levite, full of faith and the Holy Spirit, whom the Jews stoned as he prayed and said, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit’. Alleluia.