In the 11th century the last clause of its third repetition, "miserere nobis," began to appear as "dona nobis pacem” and a little later in Masses for the dead, the last clause, instead of "dona nobis pacem,” runs as a special prayer for the departed, "dona cis requiem sempiternam." This occurs also in the English Missals of Sarum, York and Hereford, and is the universal custom of the Roman Church at the present day, which also repeats the words, "Ecce Agnus Dei, ecce Qui tollis peccata mundi,” as the priest turns to deliver the sacramental wafer to the people.Īccording to the Sarum Use the Agnus Dei was incorporated in the Litany, but only to be sung twice, and the third clause is placed first….Ġ Lamb of God, that takest away, &c. It is the opinion of Bona that Pope Sergius ordered it to be sung thrice Le Brun, on the contrary, thinks it was only sung once. it was ordered by him to be sung at the Communion of priest and people…Anastatius Bibliothecarius records this in Historia de Vitis Bomanorum Pontificum. 29, seems to be referred to in the rubric for Easter Eve in the Sacramentary of St. The use of this modified form of part of the Gloria in Excelsis (q.
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