Canticle of the Sun

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Christian hymn Christian prayer Italian literary work religious poem

Canticle of the Sun is a 13th-century religious poem by St. Francis of Assisi that praises God through the elements of creation, such as Brother Sun and Sister Moon.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Canticle of the Sun canonical	12
Laudes Creaturarum	3
Canticle of the Creatures	2
Canticle of Brother Sun	1
Cantico di frate Sole	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian hymn ⓘ Christian prayer ⓘ Italian literary work ⓘ religious poem ⓘ
addresses	Brother Fire ⓘ Brother Sun ⓘ Brother Wind ⓘ Gaia ⓘ surface form: Mother Earth Sister Bodily Death ⓘ Sister Moon ⓘ Sister Water ⓘ air ⓘ clouds ⓘ the stars ⓘ those who forgive ⓘ
alternativeTitle	Canticle of the Sun ⓘ surface form: Canticle of Brother Sun Canticle of the Sun ⓘ surface form: Laudes Creaturarum Praise of the Creatures ⓘ
associatedWith	Franciscan liturgy ⓘ Order of Friars Minor Conventual ⓘ surface form: Order of Friars Minor
author	Saint Francis of Assisi ⓘ surface form: Francis of Assisi
centuryOfComposition	13th century ⓘ
composer	Saint Francis of Assisi ⓘ surface form: Francis of Assisi
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
culturalSignificance	key text of Franciscan tradition ⓘ one of the earliest works of literature in Italian vernacular ⓘ
dateOfComposition	1224 ⓘ
genre	hymn of praise ⓘ laud ⓘ
influencedBy	Psalms ⓘ surface form: Biblical Psalms Franciscan spirituality ⓘ
inspiredWork	contemporary hymns on creation ⓘ hymn All Creatures of Our God and King ⓘ various musical settings ⓘ
language	Italian ⓘ Umbrian ⓘ
literaryDevice	personification of elements ⓘ
literaryForm	poem ⓘ
meter	rhymed vernacular verse ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Assisi ⓘ
preservation	medieval manuscripts ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
subject	creation ⓘ nature ⓘ praise of God ⓘ
theologicalTheme	brotherhood of creation ⓘ divine providence ⓘ praise and thanksgiving ⓘ
titleInItalian	Canticle of the Sun self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cantico di frate Sole
usedIn	Catholic liturgy ⓘ Christian devotional practice ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Laudato si' → takesTitleFrom → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ

Praise Be to You → titleDerivedFrom → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ

Saint Francis of Assisi → notableWork → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ

subject surface form: Francis of Assisi

Canticle of the Sun → titleInItalian → Canticle of the Sun self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cantico di frate Sole

Canticle of the Sun → alternativeTitle → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canticle of Brother Sun

Canticle of the Sun → alternativeTitle → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Laudes Creaturarum

Praise of the Creatures → alsoKnownAs → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canticle of the Creatures

Praise of the Creatures → alsoKnownAs → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ

Praise of the Creatures → originalTitle → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Laudes Creaturarum

Brother Sun → appearsInWork → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ

Sister Water → isPartOf → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ

Sister Water → mentionedIn → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ

Brother Fire → partOfWork → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ

Brother Fire → associatedWith → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canticle of the Creatures

Brother Fire → hasSourceText → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Laudes Creaturarum

Sister Bodily Death → depictedIn → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ

Brother Wind → partOf → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ

Brother Wind → describedBy → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ

The Circle of Days → inspiredBy → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ