Sub tuum praesidium - monastic tone

Day 8 / 100 day Gregorian Chant Challenge

This the oldest known hymn to Mary.

There is a slightly different Roman version, but we picked up the Monastic version at the Maternal Heart of Mary Church, Lewisham and it has stuck.

Here are the words:

Sub tuum praesídium confúgimus Sancta Dei Génitrix
nostras deprecatiónes ne despícias in necessitátibus
sed a periculus cunctis libera nos semper
Virgo gloriosa et benedicta

And here is the translation:

Under thy patronage we fly, O Holy Mother of God
Don't reject our prayers in our necessities
but deliver us always from all dangers
O glorious and blessed Virgin

More info here: https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/subtuum.html