Deus qui beatum Marcum

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General information

Motet for the feast of St. Mark.

Settings by composers

Giovanni Bassano ATBB.ATBB
Andrea Gabrieli
- a 7 SSATTBB
- a 8 SSAATBBB
Giovanni Gabrieli SATTB.SATTB or ATBBB.ATBBB

Text and translations

Latin text

Deus, qui beatum Marcum Evangelistam tuum,
evangelicae praedicationis gratia sublimasti
tribue quaesumus, eius nos semper
et eruditione proficere et oratione defendi.
Alleluia.

English translation

<poem>
O God, who blessed Mark, your Evangelist,
with the grace of preaching the gospel:
grant us that we may be follow his instructions
and profit by his teaching and be defended by his prayers.
Alleluia.