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In memoriam abbatum nostrorum‘In memory of our abbots’

verse beg. Sancta sanctorum opera

• Latin
• verse

Latin hymn (50 lines) in honour of the first fifteen abbots of Bennchor (Bangor, Co. Down), which is attested as the final liturgical piece in the late 7th-century Antiphonary of Bangor. Each line of the middle four stanzas begin with a letter that follows the order of the alphabet.

First words (verse)

• Sancta sanctorum opera

Manuscripts

• Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, MS C 5 inf = Antiphonary of Bangor [s. vii^3/3/viiiⁱⁿ]

  f. 36vheading: ‘[In} memoria abbatum nostrorum’beginning: ‘Sancta sanctorum opera’

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Language

• Latin

Provenance

Origin: Ireland

Ireland

See more Bennchor [Bangor]

Bennchor ... Bangor

County Down

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Form

verse (primary)

Metre

• iambic dimeter

Number of lines

50

Classification

Subjects

Comgall of BangorComgall of Bangor
(d. 601/602)
Comgall mac Sétnai, Comgall moccu Araidi
Comgall (mac Sétnai) moccu Araidi, patron saint of Bangor
See more Crónán [abbot of Bangor]Crónán ... abbot of Bangor
(fl. 680–691)
abbot of Bangor (680-691); moccu Chualne (AU), maccu Caulne (AT).
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Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] Warren, Frederick E. [ed.], and W. Griggs, The antiphonary of Bangor: an early Irish manuscript in the Ambrosian Library at Milan, 2 vols, Henry Bradshaw Society, 4, 10, London: Harrison, 1893–1895.

Internet Archive – part II: <link>, <link> Internet Archive – part II (some pages missing, e.g. pp. 5, 13): <link>

Vol. 2, 33 (text); 81–82 (textual notes) [id. 129.]

[tr.] Reeves, William, “The Antiphonary of Bangor”, Ulster Journal of Archaeology (first series) 1 (1853): 168–179.

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October 2020, last updated: May 2021