Innocentes pro Christo

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General information

Magnificat antiphon for the feast of Holy Innocents.

Settings by composers

Luca Marenzio SATB
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina TTBB

Text and translations

Latin text

Innocentes pro Christo infantes occisi sunt,
ab iniquo rege lactentes interfecti sunt:
ipsum sequuntur Agnum sine macula,
et dicunt semper: Gloria tibi Domine.

English translation

Innocent infants were slain for Christ;
children at the breast were murdered by a wicked king:
they follow the spotless Lamb himself,
and say ever: Glory be to thee, O Lord.