1630-1697

May 12, 1630, Par­is, France.

Au­gust 5, 1697, Di­jon, France.

Ab­bey of St. Victor, Paris, France.

San­to­li­us Vic­to­rin­us.

De San­teüil stu­died at the Col­lege of S. Barbe, then with Fa­ther Coss­art, a Je­su­it. He be­came one of the reg­u­lar Can­ons of St. Vic­tor, at Par­is, and gained a re­pu­ta­tion as a dis­tin­guished writ­er of La­tin po­e­try. Ma­ny of his hymns ap­peared in the Clun­i­ac Brev­i­ary of 1686, and the Par­is Brev­i­ary, 1680 & 1736. His Hym­ni Sac­ri et No­vi was pub­lished at Par­is in 1689, and again, en­larged, in 1698. Jean Bap­tiste’s bro­ther was Claude de San­teüil. Known as the prince of French hym­no­graph­ers, he was con­tin­u­al­ly writ­ing po­ems, in­scrip­tions for the pub­lic mon­u­ments of Par­is, or son­nets for friends. He was ad­mired by the learned men of his day, the two Princ­es de Con­dé, fa­ther and son, and by King Louis XIV, who gave him a pen­sion.

  1. Christe, qui se­des Olym­po
  2. Christi pe­ren­nes nun­tii
  3. Coelestis au­lae prin­ci­pes
  4. Divine cres­ce­bas Pu­er
  5. Ex quo, sal­us mor­tal­i­um
  6. Fumant Sa­bae­is tem­pla va­por­i­bus
  7. No­bis, Olym­po red­di­tus
  8. Non par­ta so­lo san­guine
  9. O qui tuo, dux mar­tyr­um
    • Chief of Mar­tyrs! Thou Whose Name
    • First of Mar­tyrs, Thou Whose Name
    • O Captain of the Martyr Host
    • O Prince of Mar­tyrs! Thou Whose Name
    • Prince of Mar­tyrs! Thou Whose Name
    • Prince of Ma­rtyrs! Whose Own Name
    • Rightful Prince of Mar­tyrs Thou
  10. Sensus quis hor­ror per­cu­tit
  11. Supreme qual­es, Ar­bi­ter
  12. Templi sa­cra­tas pan­de, Si­on, fo­res