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Roman-Franciscan It originated from the liturgical reform carried out at the
rite Roman Curia of Innocent III (1198–1216) and Honorius III
(1216–1227). It shortened the various types of liturgical librar-
ies, concentrating the main materials for the Mass and the
Office Hours, respectively in the Missal and in the Breviary.
The reform issued from the fact that the Papal Curia was itiner-
ant; for this reason, the officiations had to be concentrated to
the utmost. The universal diffusion of this ritual—secundum
consuetudinem Romanae Curiae (“according to the custom of
the Roman Curia”)—is due to the widespread diffusion of the
Franciscan Order, which adopted it at the time of its fourth
general minister Aimon of Faversham (1241–1244). With the
Roman-Franciscan rite, the Gallican Psalter (in use at the papal
chapel), was also definitively stated. The Breviary and the mod-
ern Missal were born, with some adaptations, from the Roman-
Franciscan Breviary and Missal of the thirteenth century.
Roman Psalter One of the three Latin translations of the Psalter accom-
plished by Saint Jerome (347–419/20).
Sanctus Chant of the Proprium missae.
Sequence Strophic chant that is sung after the Alleluia of the Mass.
In its classical form, developed during the Carolingian pe-
riod (ninth/tenth century), contemplates an isolated strophe
(stanza) at the beginning and one at the end, while on the in-
side the strophes are sung with a melody that is repeated in
each pair (scheme: x aa bb cc dd ... y).
Splendor paternae Hymn ascribed to Saint Ambrose, according to the testimony
gloriae of Fulgentius of Ruspe (467–532).
Splendor patris et Sequence by Adam of Saint Victor († 1177 or 1192).
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Stabat mater dolorosa 1. Sequence, usually erroneously attributed to Jacopone da
Todi (approx. 1233–1306). 2. Hymn to the Seven Sorrows of
Mary.
Te Deum Title (from first words: Te Deum laudamus) of a liturgical
hymn in Latin rhythmic prose. It is also erroneously called
“Ambrosian hymn” because, according to a spurious tradition,
it would have been sung by Saint Ambrose and Saint Augustine
after the baptism of the latter. It is the most significant thanks-
giving song of the Catholic liturgy.