Christo Profusum Sanguinem

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Christo Profusum Sanguinem is attributed the Bishop of Milan, St. Ambrose of Milan (340-397). It is sung at 1st Vespers in the Common of Several Martyrs of the Roman Breviary.

CHRISTO PROFUSUM SANGUINEM

1. Christo profusum sanguinem
Et Martyrum victorias,
Dignamque cælo lauream
Lætis sequamur vocibus.

2. Terrore victo sæculi
Pœnisque spretis corporis
Mortis sacræ compendio
Lucem beatam possident. 

3. Traduntur igni martyres
Et bestiarum dentibus,
Armata sævit ungulis
Tortoris insani manus.

4. Nudata pendent viscera,
Sanguis sacratus funditur,
Sed permanent immobiles.
Vitæ perennis gratia.

5. Te nunc, redemptor, quæsumus,
Ut martyrum consortio
Iungas precantes servulos
In sempiterna sæcula.