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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Canticle of Brother Sun 1
Cantico di frate Sole 1
Laudes Creaturarum 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 (6)

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

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
Saint Francis of Assisi → notableWork → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ
subject surface form: Francis of Assisi
Laudato si' → takesTitleFrom → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ
Praise Be to You → titleDerivedFrom → Canticle of the Sun ⓘ
Canticle of the Sun → titleInItalian → Canticle of the Sun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cantico di frate Sole