To the nations Light has risen

To the nations Light has risen

Author: Adam, de Saint-Victor
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: Adam, de Saint-Victor

Adam of St. Victor. Of the life of this, the most prominent and prolific of the Latin hymnists of the Middle Ages, very little is known. It is even uncertain whether he was an Englishman or a Frenchman by birth. He is described by the writers nearest to his own epoch, as Brito, which may indicate a native of either Britain, or Brittany. All that is certainly known concerning him is, that about A.D. 1130, after having been educated at Paris, he became, as quite a young man, a monk in the Abbey of St. Victor, then in the suburbs, but afterwards through the growth of that city, included within the walls of Paris itself. In this abbey, which, especially at that period, was celebrated as a school of theology, he passed the whole of the rest of h… Go to person page >

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First Line: To the nations Light has risen
Author: Adam, de Saint-Victor
Copyright: Public Domain

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English and Latin Hymns, or Harmonies to Part I of the Roman Hymnal #124

Roman Hymnal, Complete edition #d162

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The Parish Hymnal #13

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