Tantum ergo

<p>"Tantum ergo" is the <a href="/facts/Incipit/qhgvP5vT">incipit</a> of the last two verses of <a href="/facts/Pange_lingua_gloriosi_corporis_mysterium/vP6DdqvM">Pange lingua</a>, a <a href="/facts/Medieval/RqzEKB9v">Medieval</a> <a href="/facts/Latin/pM3Kge85">Latin</a> <a href="/facts/Hymn/UUNRCvY7">hymn</a> composed by <a href="/facts/St_Thomas_Aquinas/h2vN2VkX">St Thomas Aquinas</a> circa A.D. 1264. The "Genitori genitoque" and "Procedenti ab utroque" portions are adapted from <a href="/facts/Adam_of_Saint_Victor/LcQAB8Jw">Adam of Saint Victor</a>'s <a href="/facts/Sequence_(musical_form)/shNcFF2T">sequence</a> for <a href="/facts/Pentecost/FdXYJFU2">Pentecost</a>. The hymn's Latin incipit literally translates to "Therefore so great".
</p><p>The singing of the Tantum ergo occurs during adoration and <a href="/facts/Benediction_of_the_Blessed_Sacrament/zywzV4dk">benediction of the Blessed Sacrament</a> in the <a href="/facts/Catholic_Church/rJ4F4gqH">Catholic Church</a> and other denominations that have this devotion. It is usually sung, though solemn <a href="/facts/Recitation/JQ9VJQ5R">recitation</a> is sometimes done, and permitted.
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Tantum ergo