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Bendito Cristo, creador divino

Author: August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben

(no biographical information available about August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben.) Go to person page >

Translator (v. 4): Federico J. Pagura

Federico José Pagura was an Argentine Methodist bishop and author and translator of hymns. Leland Bryant Ross Go to person page >

Translator (v. 1, 2, 3): George Paul Simmonds

Used pseudonyms G Paul S., J. Paul Simon, and J. Pablo Símon  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Bendito Cristo, creador divino
Author: August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
Translator (v. 1, 2, 3): George Paul Simmonds (alt.)
Translator (v. 4): Federico J. Pagura
Source: Münster, 1677
Language: Spanish

Tune

CRUSADERS' HYMN (111271)

ST. ELIZABETH appears to be an eighteenth-century tune from the Glaz area of Silesia. It has always been associated with this text. No factual data exists for the legend that this text and tune date back to the twelfth-century crusades, although those apocryphal stories explain one of the names by w…

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