Pange lingua gloriosi

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Pange lingua gloriosi is a renowned Latin Eucharistic hymn traditionally attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas and closely associated with Catholic devotion to the Blessed Sacrament.

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Pange lingua 1
Pange lingua gloriosi canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic liturgical hymn
Eucharistic hymn
Latin hymn
associatedFeast Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
surface form: Feast of Corpus Christi
associatedSaint St. Thomas Aquinas
surface form: Thomas Aquinas
associatedWith Eucharistic devotions
Eucharistic processions
attributedTo St. Thomas Aquinas
surface form: Thomas Aquinas
authorTraditionallyHeldToBe St. Thomas Aquinas
surface form: Thomas Aquinas
centuryOfComposition 13th century
commissionedBy Pope Urban IV
containsSection Tantum ergo
devotionalFocus Blessed Sacrament
Holy Eucharist
surface form: Eucharist
devotionalPractice Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
surface form: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
genre Christian hymn
medieval hymn
hasForm strophic hymn
influencedBy Scholastic Eucharistic theology
influenceOn Catholic Eucharistic devotion
language Latin
lastTwoStanzasKnownAs Tantum ergo
liturgicalFunction Hymn of praise to the Eucharist
liturgicalOccasion Corpus Christi processions
surface form: Processions of the Blessed Sacrament
liturgicalRank Major Eucharistic hymn in Catholic tradition
liturgicalUse Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
Corpus Christi
Maundy Thursday
surface form: Holy Thursday
meter Long meter
musicalSetting Gregorian chant
numberOfMainStanzas 6
openingWords Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium
originalPurpose Office of Corpus Christi
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
textType hymn
textualForm rhymed Latin poetry
theologicalTheme Eucharistic adoration
Incarnation of Christ
Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist
Holy Qurbana
surface form: Sacrifice of the Mass
usedIn Liturgy of the Hours
Roman Rite

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Corpus Christi hasKeyHymn Pange lingua gloriosi
this entity surface form: Pange lingua