?–circa 1182
Adamus Sancti Victoris

Introduction

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Abbey of St. Victor, 1655

Biography

Though Ad­am of St. Vic­tor was one of the most pro­mi­nent and pro­lif­ic La­tin hymn­ists of the Mid­dle Ag­es, lit­tle is known of him. Writ­ers near­est his time des­cribe him as Bri­to, pos­si­bly in­di­cat­ing a na­tive of Bri­tain or Brit­ta­ny.

All that is cer­tain is that around 1130, af­ter be­ing edu­cat­ed in Pa­ris, he be­came, at quite a young age, a monk in the Ab­bey of St. Victor, a well known school of theo­lo­gy on the out­skirts of Pa­ris.

He spent the rest of his life there, dy­ing some time be­tween 1172 and 1192.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Animemur ad agon­em
  2. Ave, Vir­go sin­gu­lar­is
  3. Heri mun­dus ex­ul­ta­vit
    • Death Shall Be Thy Birth­day Morn
    • Jesu, Word of God In­car­nate
    • Mingling with the Shouts of Earth
    • Yesterday the Hap­py Earth
    • Yesterday the World Elat­ed
    • Yesterday, with Ex­ul­ta­tion
  4. Iucundare plebs fi­del­is
  5. Jubilemus Sal­va­tori
  6. Laudes cru­cis at­tol­la­mus
  7. Missus Gab­ri­el de coe­lis
  8. Mundi Re­no­va­tio
  9. Potestate non na­tura
  10. Salve, Ma­ter Sal­va­tor­is
  11. Stola reg­ni lau­re­atus
    • Decked with Robes Such State Be­fit­ting
    • Glorious Apos­tol­ic Co­hort
    • In Roy­al Robes of Splen­dor
    • Laurelled with the Stole Vic­to­ri­ous
    • To the Apos­tol­ic Co­hort
  12. Supernæ mat­ris gau­dia
  13. Vergi vere sub­stan­ti­vi
  14. Vox so­no­ra nos­tri cho­ri

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Ad­am of St. Vi­ctor (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),