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thumb The ''Salve Regina'', also known as the Hail Holy Queen, is a Marian hymn and one of four Marian antiphons sung at different seasons within the Christian liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church. The ''Salve Regina'' is traditionally sung at Compline in the time from the Saturday before Trinity Sunday until the Friday before the first Sunday of Advent. The ''Hail Holy Queen'' is also the final prayer of the Rosary. The work was composed during the Middle Ages and originally appeared in Latin, the prevalent language of Western Christianity until modern times. Though traditionally ascribed to the eleventh-century German monk Hermann of Reichenau, it is regarded as anonymous by most musicologists.〔Lawrence Gushee, "Hermannus Contractus (der Lahme, Hermann von Reichenau )," in ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', 2nd edition (2001): "Although the most venerable ascriptions to Hermannus -- the Marian antiphons ''Alma Redemptoris mater'' and ''Salve regina'' -- have been taken away by most recent scholarship, the true authorship is still, and possibly will be for ever, the subject of controversy."〕 Traditionally it has been sung in Latin, though many translations exist. These are often used as spoken prayers. ==Background and history== Marian antiphons have been sung, since the thirteenth century, at the close of Compline, the last Office of the day. Peter Canisius (d. 1597) noted that one praises God in Mary when one turns to her in song. Liturgically, the Salve Regina is the best known of four prescribed Marian Anthems recited after Compline, and, in some uses, after Lauds or other Hours. Its use after Compline is likely traceable to the monastic practice of intoning it in chapel and chanting it on the way to sleeping quarters. As a piece of music, it is not part of the much older Gregorian chant repertoire, but may date back to the 11th century. It was set down in its current form at the Abbey of Cluny in the 12th century, where it was used as a processional hymn on Marian feasts. The Cistercians chanted the Salve Regina daily from 1218.〔 It was popular at medieval universities as evening song, and according to Fr. Juniper Carol, it came to be part of the ritual for the blessing of a ship.〔 In the 18th century, the Salve Regina served as the outline for the classic Roman Catholic Mariology book ''The Glories of Mary'' by Alphonsus Liguori. In the first part of the book Alphonsus, a Doctor of the Church, discusses the Salve Regina and explains how God gave Mary to mankind as the "Gate of Heaven".〔Saint Alphonsus Liguori, ''The Glories of Mary'', Liguori Publications, 2000, ISBN 0-7648-0664-5〕 It was added to the series of prayers said at the end of Low Mass by Pope Leo XIII. The Salve Regina is traditionally sung at the end of a priest's funeral Mass out of reverence to Mary the Mother of Christ the High Priest, and all priests. As a prayer, it is commonly said at the end of the rosary. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Salve Regina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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