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Coelitum, Joseph, decus

Coelitum, Joseph, decus

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Coelitum Joseph decus. [St. Joseph .] This hymn for the Feast of St. Joseph, the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which has been added to the Roman Breviary since 1632, is of unknown authorship. In addition to being in that Office, Daniel has reprinted it, iv. p. 296. Translated as:—
Joseph, our certain hope below, by E. Caswall, in his Masque of Mary, 1858, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, and thence into his Hymns, &c, 1873, p. 74. This translation is in use in Roman Catholic hymnals for Schools and Missions.
Translation not in common use:--
O Joseph, glory of the heavenly choir. J. Wallace. 1874.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Coelitum Joseph decus, p. 241, i. In Chevalier's Repertorium Hymnologicum, 1889, pt. i., p. 212, this is cited as being in Breviary Monasticum, 1580, and the Carmelite Breviary, 1672. It is also in the Roman Breviary printed at Antwerp in 1697. E. Caswall's translation (p. 241, i.), appeared in his Lyra Catholica, 1849, p. 136.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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