Hymn for St. Nicolas's Day
This Latin hymn is sung in the Chapel of Saint Mary and Saint Nicolas on St. Nicholas Day, the College of St Mary and St Nicolas (Lancing College), Lancing, Sussex, England.
 Lancing College Chapel Postcard detail St Nicholas Center Collection |
Sancte, Sancte Nicolas,
Tute patronus Noster es:
Laus et Deo Gloria:
Sancte, pro nobis exora.
Mortuos qui pueros
Vivicasti, Nicolas:
Laus et Deo Gloria:
Vitam pro nobis exora.
Pauperes et puellas
Qui dotavisti, Nicolas:
Laus et Deo Gloria:
Nobis virtutem exora.
Nautas in periculo
Qui servavisti, Nicolas:
Laus et Deo Gloria:
Nobis salutem exora.
Tibi, Pater, Tibi, Fili
Et Tibi, Sancte Spiritus,
Nunc et semper gloria,
Ut erat in principio.
Meter: 7 8 7 8
Musical notation PDF
From Lancing College, Lancing, Sussex. Permission pending.
Mp3 file courtesy of Jennifer Wolfe and the Hope College Music Department.
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