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Rome (Agence Fides) - STABAT MATER
Stabat Mater is a thirteenth-century Roman Catholic hymn attributed to Jacopone da Todi. Its title is an abbreviation of the first line, Stabat mater dolorosa ("The sorrowful mother was standing"). 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.
(J.M.)
(Agence Fides, 22nd February 2007
