Sub tuum praesidium in an empty hall. I've been interested in seeing pitch. This seemed like a good chance to experiment with Sonic Visualiser and show everyone how I go a little flat. Plus this antiphon is said to be the oldest known hymn to the Blessed Virgin Mary and would be handy if everyone knew it. | A New Book of Old Hymns

Students at practice Marian Hymn: Sub Tuum Praesidium (we fly to your patronage) | Fada Tochukwu

May 13th is the Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima. This Marian hymn, Sub Tuum Praesidium, is the oldest known hymn to the Blessed Virgin. The earliest surviving text dates from approximately 250 A.D. "We fly to thy patronage, O holy Mother of God; despise not out petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin." "Sub tuum præsídium confúgimus, sancta Dei Génitrix: nostras deprecatiónes ne despícias in necessitátibus: sed a perículis cunctis líbera

26K views · 3.1K reactions | A Reflection on ‘Sub Tuum Praesidium’: Sermon by Fr Pio Idowu (re-load) + excerpts of the Procession of the Blessed Sacrament. A Day With Mary, Catholic Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth, England. Saturday 13 October 2018. | A Day With Mary | Facebook

Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix: nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus: sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper, Virgo gloriosa et benedicta. | Ave Maria