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Hymnus Eucharisticus

The Hymnus Eucharisticus appears in several movies and television programs, including most notably, Richard Attenborough's film Shadowlands (1993), on the later years of C.S. Lewis, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins (as Lewis) and Debra Winger.


Magdalen Tower

Every 1 May, at 6am, the choir of the college (including boy choristers from nearby Magdalen College School) sings two traditional hymns — the Hymnus Eucharisticus and "Now Is the Month of Maying" — to start the May Morning celebrations in Oxford.


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