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Ante oculos tuos Domine
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beg. Ante oculos tuos Domine reus conscientiae testis adsisto
Latin prayer attested in early Irish or Irish-influenced manuscripts (though probably not of Irish origin).
Hymnum dicat turba fratrum
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beg. Hymnum dicat turba fratrum
Hilary of Poitiers
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Hilary of Poitiers
(fl. c.315/6–c.367/8)
theologian and bishop of Poitiers (el. 353), who campaigned against Arianism and has the reputation of being the first writer of Latin hymns, who composed a Liber hymnorum, although few texts are extant. He appears to have been held in high esteem in medieval Ireland.
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An early metrical Latin hymn (35 qq) on the life of Christ, written in trochaic tetrameter and attributed to St Hilary (fl. 4th century). The text is attested in a 7th-century Irish manuscript, the Bangor antiphoner, and became one of the most popular hymns in medieval Ireland.
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