Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium
13th-century hymn written by Saint Thomas Aquinas
Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium
"Pange Lingua" (Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈpandʒe ˈliŋɡwa ɡloriˈosi ˈkorporis miˈsteri.um]) is a Medieval Latin hymn attributed to Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) for the Feast of Corpus Christi. It is also sung on Maundy Thursday during the procession from the church to the place where the Blessed Sacrament is kept until Good Friday. The opening words recall another famous Latin sequence from which this hymn is derived: Pange lingua gloriosi proelium certaminis by Venantius Fortunatus. The last two stanzas (titled "Tantum ergo") are sung at Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The hymn expresses the doctrine that the bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of Christ during Mass. It is often sung in English as the hymn "Of the Glorious Body Telling" to the same tune as the Latin.
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