Author Common-of-a-Confessor-Bishop Lauds/Vespers chapter/responsory/hymn/versicle

Third Common category (17 real users) with no Lauds/Vespers bundle
authored. Live-verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum
1617) votive=C4: chapter Sir 44:16-17 "Ecce sacérdos magnus," Lauds hymn
"Jesu Redémptor ómnium," shared versicle "Justum dedúxit Dóminus per vias
rectas." Found the Vespers hymn is byte-identical to Common-of-a-
Confessor-Not-Bishop's own ("Iste Conféssor Dómini sacrátus") even though
the chapter, both responsories, and the Lauds hymn all genuinely differ
between the two categories -- reused that already-authored text verbatim
rather than re-deriving it.

No real Duplex-II-classis+ saint exists in this category, so the Vespers
proof uses St. Ubald's real First-Vespers anticipation instead of a
votive-only proof. Updates one existing test (2026-04-20, Paschaltide
seasonal office) whose date turned out to also anticipate St. Anselm's
First Vespers, previously masked by this same gap.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014axryJBrRswYh2niA7WCUc

TODO.md

@@ -2880,6 +2880,28 @@ Woman/Widow), plus the ~31 individual saints found to have their own real `ex Pr
 Sanctorum` content in the reference source rather than a shared Common (need per-saint import,
 not a category-level fix).
 
+### Common-of-a-Confessor-Bishop Lauds/Vespers bundle authored (2026-08-26)
+
+Same fix pattern, third category (17 real users). Live-verified against Divinum Officium
+(Monastic Tridentinum 1617) `votive=C4`: chapter Sir 44:16-17 ("Ecce sacérdos magnus"), Lauds
+hymn "Jesu Redémptor ómnium," shared versicle "Justum dedúxit Dóminus per vias rectas." One real
+finding: this category's **Vespers hymn is byte-identical to Common-of-a-Confessor-Not-Bishop's
+own** ("Iste Conféssor Dómini sacrátus") even though the chapter, both responsories, and the
+Lauds hymn all genuinely differ between the two categories (confirmed via `votive=C4` vs `C5` —
+not a copy-paste mistake). Reused the already-authored Latin/English verbatim from `vespers-
+hymn-common-of-a-confessor-not-bishop.yml` rather than re-deriving it. No real Duplex-II-classis+
+saint exists in this category (all Simplex/Semiduplex/plain-Duplex, same structural pattern as
+the other categories so far), so the Vespers proof uses St. Ubald's real First-Vespers
+anticipation (May 15 evening → May 16) instead of a votive-only proof.
+
+Updates one existing test whose date turned out to also anticipate St. Anselm's First Vespers
+(04-20 → 04-21), previously masked by this same gap — the Paschaltide-seasonal-office proof,
+moved to the clean 04-18, same "collision unmasked by the fix" pattern as the Several-Martyrs
+entry above.
+
+`npm test` (482 tests), `tsc --noEmit` both pass. **Still open**: 7 Common categories remain
+(Confessor, Virgin, Virgin-Martyr, Doctor, Apostle, Several-Confessors, Holy Woman/Widow).
+
 ## Known, deliberate simplifications (not bugs — working as designed)
 
 - `getDayCollects`: each collect in a multi-collect day renders as its own

src/data/propers/common/lauds-capitulum-common-of-a-confessor-bishop.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds
+# `votive=C4` live query, 2026-08 -- same votive-office-view reasoning as
+# vespers-hymn-common-of-a-martyr-bishop.yml's header. Same chapter reused
+# for Vespers -- no separate vespers-capitulum-<id> file authored, per
+# vespers.ts's vespersCapitulumForOverride fallback.
+id: lauds-capitulum-common-of-a-confessor-bishop
+text:
+  la: "Ecce sacérdos magnus, qui in diébus suis plácuit Deo, et invéntus est justus: et in témpore iracúndiæ factus est reconciliátio."
+  en: "Behold an high priest, who in his days pleased God, and was found righteous, and in the time of wrath he was made a propitiation."
+citation:
+  la: "Sir 44:16-17"
+  en: "Sir 44:16-17"
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/lauds-hymn-common-of-a-confessor-bishop.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds
+# `votive=C4` live query, 2026-08 -- see lauds-capitulum-common-of-a-
+# confessor-bishop.yml's header for why the votive-office view was used.
+# "Jesu Redémptor ómnium" -- a genuinely distinct Lauds hymn from Common-
+# of-a-Confessor-Not-Bishop's own "Jesu coróna célsior" (TODO.md's own
+# earlier finding, from the votive-office naming: C4 = "Confessoris
+# Pontificis," C5 = "Confessoris non Pontificis," two real separate
+# categories, not a naming coincidence).
+id: lauds-hymn-common-of-a-confessor-bishop
+text:
+  la: >-
+    Jesu Redémptor ómnium,
+
+    Perpes coróna Prǽsulum,
+
+    In hac die cleméntius
+
+    Nostris favéto précibus.
+
+
+    Tui sacri qua nóminis
+
+    Conféssor almus cláruit:
+
+    Hujus celébrat ánnua
+
+    Devóta plebs solémnia.
+
+
+    Qui rite mundi gáudia
+
+    Hujus cadúca réspuens,
+
+    Cum Ángelis cæléstibus
+
+    Lætus potítur prǽmiis.
+
+
+    Hujus benígnus ánnue
+
+    Nobis sequi vestígia:
+
+    Hujus precátu, sérvulis
+
+    Dimítte noxam críminis.
+
+
+    Sit Christe, Rex piíssime,
+
+    Tibi, Patríque glória,
+
+    Cum Spíritu Paráclito,
+
+    Et nunc, et in perpétuum. Amen.
+  en: >-
+    Jesu, the world's Redeemer, O hear;
+
+    thy bishops' fadeless crown, draw near:
+
+    Accept with gentlest love today
+
+    The prayers and praises that we pay.
+
+
+    The meek confessor of thy name
+
+    Today attained a glorious fame;
+
+    Whose yearly feast, in solemn state,
+
+    Thy faithful people celebrate.
+
+
+    The world and all its boasted good,
+
+    As vain and passing, he eschewed;
+
+    And therefore with angelic bands,
+
+    In endless joy forever stands.
+
+
+    Grant then that we, most gracious God,
+
+    May follow in the steps he trod:
+
+    And, at his prayer, thy servants free
+
+    From stain of all iniquity.
+
+
+    To thee, O Christ, our loving King,
+
+    All glory, praise, and thanks we bring:
+
+    All glory, as is ever meet,
+
+    To Father and to Paraclete. Amen.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/lauds-responsory-common-of-a-confessor-bishop.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds
+# `votive=C4` live query, 2026-08 -- see lauds-capitulum-common-of-a-
+# confessor-bishop.yml's header for why the votive-office view was used.
+id: lauds-responsory-common-of-a-confessor-bishop
+text:
+  la: |
+    R.br. Amávit eum Dóminus, * Et ornávit eum.
+    ℟. Amávit eum Dóminus, * Et ornávit eum.
+    ℣. Stolam glóriæ índuit eum.
+    ℟. Et ornávit eum.
+    ℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
+    ℟. Amávit eum Dóminus, * Et ornávit eum.
+  en: |
+    R.br. The Lord loved him, * and beautified him.
+    ℟. The Lord loved him, * and beautified him.
+    ℣. He clothed him with a robe of glory.
+    ℟. And beautified him.
+    ℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
+    ℟. The Lord loved him, * and beautified him.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/lauds-versicle-common-of-a-confessor-bishop.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds
+# `votive=C4` live query, 2026-08 -- same versicle as Vespers (see
+# vespers-versicle-common-of-a-confessor-bishop.yml).
+id: lauds-versicle-common-of-a-confessor-bishop
+text:
+  la: |
+    ℣. Justum dedúxit Dóminus per vias rectas.
+    ℟. Et osténdit illi regnum Dei.
+  en: |
+    ℣. The Lord guided the just in right paths.
+    ℟. And showed him the kingdom of God.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/vespers-hymn-common-of-a-confessor-bishop.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Vespers
+# `votive=C4` live query, 2026-08 -- byte-identical Latin to Common-of-a-
+# Confessor-Not-Bishop's own Vespers hymn ("Iste Conféssor Dómini
+# sacrátus," the Monastic-track pre-Urban VIII recension -- see that
+# file's own header for the textual-variant note). A real, confirmed
+# overlap, not a copy-paste mistake: the reference engine's C4 (Confessor
+# Bishop) and C5 (Confessor Not Bishop) votive views render the identical
+# Vespers hymn text, even though their Lauds hymns, chapters, and
+# responsories all genuinely differ (see lauds-hymn-common-of-a-
+# confessor-bishop.yml's header). Latin and English (an original
+# translation, not the reference engine's own, for the same reason
+# recorded in the Confessor-Not-Bishop file) reused verbatim from
+# vespers-hymn-common-of-a-confessor-not-bishop.yml rather than
+# re-translated, for consistency across the two categories that share it.
+id: vespers-hymn-common-of-a-confessor-bishop
+text:
+  la: >-
+    Iste Conféssor Dómini sacrátus,
+
+    Festa plebs cujus celébrat per orbem,
+
+    Hódie lætus méruit secréta
+
+    Scándere cæli.
+
+
+    Qui pius, prudens, húmilis, pudícus,
+
+    Sóbrius, castus fuit et quiétus,
+
+    Vita dum præsens vegetávit ejus
+
+    Córporis artus.
+
+
+    Ob sacrum cujus túmulum frequénter
+
+    Membra languéntum modo sanitáti,
+
+    Quólibet morbo fúerint graváta,
+
+    Restituúntur.
+
+
+    Unde nunc noster chorus in honórem
+
+    Ipsius, hymnum canit hunc libénter:
+
+    Ut piis ejus méritis juvémur
+
+    Omne per ævum.
+
+
+    Sit salus illi, decus atque virtus,
+
+    Qui supra cæli résidens cacúmen,
+
+    Tótius mundi máchinam gubérnat
+
+    Trinus et unus. Amen.
+  en: >-
+    This is the Lord's own hallowed confessor,
+
+    Whose feast today the nations round are keeping;
+
+    Joyful, he merited this day to enter
+
+    Heaven's hid glory.
+
+
+    Dutiful, prudent, humble, chaste, he flourished,
+
+    Sober and quiet, pure in all his living,
+
+    While in his body yet the breath of this life
+
+    Quickened his members.
+
+
+    Often at his consecrated tomb, the
+
+    Limbs of those worn by long and grievous sickness,
+
+    Whatsoever ill had laid them low, are
+
+    Wholly restored.
+
+
+    Therefore our choir today, in glad thanksgiving,
+
+    Sings in his honor this our joyful anthem:
+
+    That by his merits, freely won through goodness,
+
+    We may be aided.
+
+
+    Praise be to Him, all honor, might, dominion,
+
+    Who from the height of heaven's throne is reigning,
+
+    Governing all the fabric of creation,
+
+    Three and yet One. Amen.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: draft

src/data/propers/common/vespers-responsory-common-of-a-confessor-bishop.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Vespers
+# `votive=C4` live query, 2026-08 -- see lauds-capitulum-common-of-a-
+# confessor-bishop.yml's header for why the votive-office view was used.
+id: vespers-responsory-common-of-a-confessor-bishop
+text:
+  la: |
+    R.br. Elégit eum Dóminus * Sacerdótem sibi.
+    ℟. Elégit eum Dóminus * Sacerdótem sibi.
+    ℣. Ad sacrificándum ei hóstiam laudis.
+    ℟. Sacerdótem sibi.
+    ℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
+    ℟. Elégit eum Dóminus * Sacerdótem sibi.
+  en: |
+    R.br. The Lord hath chosen him * for a Priest unto Himself.
+    ℟. The Lord hath chosen him * for a Priest unto Himself.
+    ℣. To offer up unto Him the sacrifice of praise.
+    ℟. For a Priest unto Himself.
+    ℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
+    ℟. The Lord hath chosen him * for a Priest unto Himself.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/vespers-versicle-common-of-a-confessor-bishop.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Vespers
+# `votive=C4` live query, 2026-08 -- same versicle as Lauds (see lauds-
+# versicle-common-of-a-confessor-bishop.yml).
+id: vespers-versicle-common-of-a-confessor-bishop
+text:
+  la: |
+    ℣. Justum dedúxit Dóminus per vias rectas.
+    ℟. Et osténdit illi regnum Dei.
+  en: |
+    ℣. The Lord guided the just in right paths.
+    ℟. And showed him the kingdom of God.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

tests/hours/lauds.test.ts

@@ -170,6 +170,17 @@ describe('resolveOrdo("lauds", ...)', () => {
     expect(hymn?.kind === 'hymn' ? hymn.text.text.la : undefined).toContain('Martyr Dei, qui únicum');
   });
 
+  it("uses Common-of-a-Confessor-Bishop's real office bundle on St. Ubald's own day, not the ferial default", () => {
+    // St. Ubald (May 16, Semiduplex, common-of-a-confessor-bishop) has no
+    // proper Lauds content of his own -- see vespers-hymn-common-of-a-
+    // confessor-bishop.yml's header.
+    const ordo = resolveOrdo('lauds', '2026-05-16');
+    const chapter = ordo.parts.find((p) => p.kind === 'chapter');
+    expect(chapter?.kind === 'chapter' ? chapter.text.citation?.en : undefined).toBe('Sir 44:16-17');
+    const hymn = ordo.parts.find((p) => p.kind === 'hymn');
+    expect(hymn?.kind === 'hymn' ? hymn.text.text.la : undefined).toContain('Jesu Redémptor ómnium');
+  });
+
   it('includes the Kyrie + Our Father lead-in right after the Benedictus, before the day collect (either form)', () => {
     const ordo = resolveOrdo('lauds', FERIAL_TUESDAY);
     const litanyIndex = ordo.parts.findIndex((p) => p.kind === 'preces' && p.text.text.la?.includes('Kýrie, eléison'));

tests/hours/vespers.test.ts

@@ -250,6 +250,19 @@ describe('resolveOrdo("vespers", ...)', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("uses Common-of-a-Confessor-Bishop's real office bundle for St. Ubald's First Vespers", () => {
+    // St. Ubald (May 16, Semiduplex, common-of-a-confessor-bishop) claims
+    // First Vespers over May 15's own evening (no stronger rival that
+    // year). Live-verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum
+    // 1617) votive=C4 -- see vespers-hymn-common-of-a-confessor-bishop.yml's
+    // header.
+    const ordo = resolveOrdo('vespers', '2026-05-15');
+    const chapter = ordo.parts.find((p) => p.kind === 'chapter');
+    expect(chapter?.kind === 'chapter' ? chapter.text.citation?.en : undefined).toBe('Sir 44:16-17');
+    const hymn = ordo.parts.find((p) => p.kind === 'hymn');
+    expect(hymn?.kind === 'hymn' ? hymn.text.text.la : undefined).toContain('Iste Conféssor Dómini sacrátus');
+  });
+
   it("renders Passiontide's seasonal office, with the Gloria Patri omitted from the responsory", () => {
     // 2026-03-25 is a Wednesday in Passiontide (Passion Sunday 2026-03-22
     // through Holy Saturday 2026-04-04).
@@ -299,8 +312,13 @@ describe('resolveOrdo("vespers", ...)', () => {
   });
 
   it("renders Paschaltide's seasonal office, sharing its chapter with Lauds", () => {
-    // 2026-04-20 is in eastertide (Easter 2026-04-05).
-    const ordo = resolveOrdo('vespers', '2026-04-20');
+    // 2026-04-18 is in eastertide (Easter 2026-04-05) -- deliberately not
+    // 04-20, whose own evening (as of the Common-of-a-Confessor-Bishop
+    // office-bundle authoring below) now correctly anticipates St.
+    // Anselm's First Vespers on 04-21 instead of falling through to this
+    // seasonal default; 04-18's own evening has no adjacent sanctoral
+    // saint at all, so it stays a clean plain-Paschaltide proof.
+    const ordo = resolveOrdo('vespers', '2026-04-18');
     const chapter = ordo.parts.find((p) => p.kind === 'chapter');
     expect(chapter?.kind === 'chapter' ? chapter.text.citation?.en : undefined).toBe('Rom 6:9-10');
     const hymn = ordo.parts.find((p) => p.kind === 'hymn');