Stabat Mater

Stabat Mater is a thirteenth century Roman Catholic sequence variously attributed to Innocent III and Jacopone da Todi. Its title is an abbreviation of the first line, Stabat mater dolorosa ("The sorrowful mother stood"). The hymn, one of the most powerful and immediate of extant medieval poems, meditates on the suffering of Mary, Jesus Christ's mother, during his crucifixion. It is sung at the liturgy on the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. It h... more

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Pope Innocent III

Pope Innocent III (1160 or 1161 - 16 July 1216 at Perugia) was Pope from 8 January 1198 until his death. He was born with the name Lotario de Conti. Lotario de...

Jacopone da Todi

Jacopone da Todi (Todi, 1236 circa – Collazzone 1306) was a Franciscan friar from Umbria, Italy in the 13th century. He wrote several laudi (songs in praise of...

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