On this high feast day honour we the Baptist

On this high feast day honour we the Baptist

Author: Paul the Deacon
Published in 2 hymnals

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Author: Paul the Deacon

Paul the Deacon [Paulus Diaconus], son of Warnefrid or Winefrid, was born at Frinli, in Italy, circa 730. He studied at Pavia. For some time he was tutor to Adelperga, daughter of Desiderius, the last of the Lombard kings, and then lived at the court of her husband, Arichisius of Beneveuto. Eventually he became a monk at Monte Cassino, where he died circa 799. He was the author of several works, including Be Gest. Langobardorum. His hymn, “Ut queant laxis resonare fibris," is in three parts. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)  Go to person page >

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First Line: On this high feast day honour we the Baptist
Author: Paul the Deacon
Source: Paraphrase: Editors of The New English Hymnal, 1985
Language: English
Copyright: © The Canterbury Press Norwich

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The New English Hymnal #168

CPWI Hymnal #777

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