Tantum ergo

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Tantum ergo is a traditional Latin Eucharistic hymn, taken from the final verses of St. Thomas Aquinas’s Pange lingua, that is especially used during the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eucharistic hymn
addresses Blessed Sacrament NERFINISHED
associatedObject monstrance
tabernacle
associatedSaint Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED
author Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED
centuryOfComposition 13th century
commemorates institution of the Eucharist
sacrifice of Christ
devotionalPractice adoration of the Eucharist
feastAssociation Feast of Corpus Christi NERFINISHED
followedBy Divine Praises in Benediction
genre hymn
hasCommonTranslationLanguage English
French
German
Spanish
hasIncipit Tantum ergo Sacramentum
hasNumberOfStanzas 2
invokes faith in the Eucharistic mystery
isExcerptOf Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium NERFINISHED
language Latin
liturgicalBook Rituale Romanum NERFINISHED
Roman Ritual NERFINISHED
liturgicalContext Eucharistic adoration
liturgicalFunction sung before the blessing with the monstrance
liturgicalUse Eucharistic benediction NERFINISHED
processions of the Blessed Sacrament
musicalSettingBy Anton Bruckner NERFINISHED
César Franck NERFINISHED
Franz Schubert NERFINISHED
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart NERFINISHED
originalTextMetre rhymed accentual verse
partOf Pange lingua NERFINISHED
performedBy cantor
choir
congregation
performedDuring Eucharistic processions NERFINISHED
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
requests divine blessing
textSource final verses of Pange lingua
theologicalTheme Eucharistic adoration
Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist
adoration of the sacrament
usedIn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament NERFINISHED

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