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3 unusual facts about Pange Lingua


Imagination's Light

In the accompanying booklet, Kevin Kern mentions basing "Keepers of the Flame" on an ancient Gregorian chant called "Pange Lingua".

Pange Lingua

Pange Lingua Gloriosi Proelium Certaminis - by Venantius Fortunatus, 6th Century, celebrating the Passion of Jesus Christ.

Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium - by Thomas Aquinas, 13th Century, celebrating the Institution of the Eucharist.



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Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium

Juan de Urrede, a Flemish composer active in Spain in the late fifteenth century, composed numerous settings of the Pange Lingua, most of them based on the original Mozarabic melody.

Pange Lingua Gloriosi Proelium Certaminis

Pange Lingua Gloriosi Proelium Certaminis is a sixth-century Latin hymn generally credited to the Christian poet St Venantius Fortunatus, Bishop of Poitiers, celebrating the Passion of Christ.