# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds
# live query, St. Lawrence's own day (2026-08-10). "Martyr Dei" --
# self-contained, including its own final doxology stanza.
id: lauds-hymn-st-lawrence
text:
  la: |
    Martyr Dei, qui únicum
    Patris sequéndo Fílium,
    Victis triúmphas hóstibus,
    Victor fruens cæléstibus.

    Tui precátus múnere
    Nostrum reátum dílue,
    Arcens mali contágium,
    Vitæ rémovens tǽdium.

    Solúta sunt jam víncula
    Tui sacráti córporis:
    Nos solve vinclis sǽculi,
    Amóre Fílii Dei.

    Deo Patri sit glória,
    Ejúsque soli Fílio,
    Cum Spíritu Paráclito,
    Et nunc, et in perpétuum
    Amen.
  en: |
    Martyr of God, whose strength was steeled
    To follow close God's only Son,
    Well didst thou brave thy battlefield,
    And well thy heavenly bliss was won!

    Now join thy prayers with ours, who pray
    That God may pardon us and bless;
    For prayer keeps evil's plague away,
    And draws from life its weariness.

    Long, long ago, were loosed the chains
    That held thy body once in thrall;
    For us how many a bond remains!
    O love of God release us all.

    All praise to God the Father be,
    All praise to thee, Eternal Son;
    All praise, O Holy Ghost, to thee,
    While never-ending ages run.
    Amen.
status:
  la: verified
  en: verified
