Ave Regina Caelorum | Solemn Tone (advanced)

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In this (advanced) episode, learn the SOLEMN TONE of the Marian antiphon for the season from the Presentation to Easter.

A new liturgical season, a new Marian antiphon! This antiphon dates back to around the year 1200, possibly earlier if, as it has been suggested, it was composed by our old friend Herman the Cripple: the author of Salve Regina and Alma Redemptoris mater, two of the other Marian antiphons (also of Veni Sancte Spiritus…the dude was prolific).

Herman was born a cripple and with a cleft palate and a paralytic disease so that he had great difficulty moving and could barely speak. His parents left him in a Benedictine monastery as they couldn’t take care of him ...