Puer qui natus est

General information

Magnificat antiphon at second Vespers, for the feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist (June 24th).

Settings by composers

• Jacquet de Mantua SATB
• Luca Marenzio SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB
• Jan Tollius STTBB

Text and translations

Latin text Puer qui natus est nobis, plus quam propheta est: hic est enim de quo Salvator ait: Inter natos mulierum non surrexit maior Ioanne Baptista.

English translation The child that is born unto us is more than a prophet: for this is he of whom the Savior saith: Among those born of women, there hath not risen greater than John the Baptist.

See also

Inter natos mulierum