Author Common-of-a-Confessor-Doctor and Common-of-an-Apostle Lauds/Vespers bundles

common-of-a-confessor-doctor (4 saints) is another "same content,
different id" case: live-verified votive=C4a byte-identical to plain
votive=C4 (Common-of-a-Confessor-Bishop), so duplicated verbatim rather
than authored fresh, matching the already-existing matins-hymn-common-
of-a-confessor-doctor.yml precedent.

common-of-an-apostle (3 saints/feasts) is genuinely distinct: chapter
Eph 2:19-20, hymn "Exsúltet cælum láudibus" (byte-identical Lauds/
Vespers), shared versicle "Annuntiavérunt ópera Dei." Also duplicated
under the separate common-of-apostles (plural) id used by the Octave of
Ss. Peter and Paul.

Proofs: St. John Damascene (own day) + St. Robert Bellarmine (First
Vespers) for Confessor-Doctor; Commemoration of St. Paul (own day) + the
Beheading of St. John the Baptist (First Vespers) for Apostle.

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

TODO.md

@@ -2961,6 +2961,29 @@ Matha wins outright that year) for Lauds, St. Praxedes's real First-Vespers anti
 (Doctor, Apostle, Several-Confessors, Holy Woman/Widow — Holy Woman and Widow may or may not
 turn out to be the same real category as each other; not yet checked).
 
+### Common-of-a-Confessor-Doctor and Common-of-an-Apostle Lauds/Vespers bundles authored (2026-08-26)
+
+Two more categories in one pass. `common-of-a-confessor-doctor` (4 saints: St. Albert the
+Great, St. John Damascene, St. Peter Canisius, St. Robert Bellarmine) is another "same content,
+different id" case like Confessor/Abbot: live-verified `votive=C4a` byte-identical to plain
+`votive=C4` (Common-of-a-Confessor-Bishop), so duplicated verbatim rather than authored fresh —
+matches the already-existing `matins-hymn-common-of-a-confessor-doctor.yml` precedent.
+
+`common-of-an-apostle` (3 saints/feasts: Commemoration of St. Paul, Beheading of St. John the
+Baptist, Dedication of the Basilicas of Ss. Peter and Paul) is genuinely distinct, own real
+content: chapter Eph 2:19-20 ("Fratres: Jam non estis hóspites"), hymn "Exsúltet cælum
+láudibus" (byte-identical Lauds/Vespers), shared versicle "Annuntiavérunt ópera Dei." Also
+duplicated under the separate `common-of-apostles` (plural) id used by the Octave of Ss. Peter
+and Paul, matching the existing minor-hour precedent for that id pair too.
+
+Proofs: St. John Damascene (own day) and St. Robert Bellarmine (First Vespers) for Confessor-
+Doctor; Commemoration of St. Paul (own day) and the Beheading of St. John the Baptist (First
+Vespers) for Apostle.
+
+`npm test` (492 tests), `tsc --noEmit` both pass. **Still open**: 2 Common categories remain
+(Several-Confessors — 1 saint, Ss. Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order — and Holy Woman/
+Widow, not yet checked against each other).
+
 ## 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-doctor.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds
+# `votive=C4a` ("Confessoris Pontificis" Doctor variant) live query,
+# 2026-08 -- byte-identical to plain `votive=C4` (Common-of-a-Confessor-
+# Bishop), so duplicated verbatim under this `common-of-a-confessor-
+# doctor` id rather than an alias redirect, same reasoning as common-of-
+# a-confessor's own header -- matches the already-existing `matins-hymn-
+# common-of-a-confessor-doctor.yml` precedent. 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-doctor
+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-capitulum-common-of-an-apostle.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds
+# `votive=C1` live query, 2026-08 -- same votive-office-view reasoning as
+# vespers-hymn-common-of-a-martyr-bishop.yml's header (real saints in
+# this small category -- Commemoration of St. Paul, Beheading of St.
+# John the Baptist, Dedication of the Basilicas of Ss. Peter and Paul --
+# have their own distinct standing and no clean un-outranked day to
+# sample from). Same chapter reused for Vespers -- no separate vespers-
+# capitulum-<id> file authored, per vespers.ts's vespersCapitulumForOverride
+# fallback.
+id: lauds-capitulum-common-of-an-apostle
+text:
+  la: "Fratres: Jam non estis hóspites et ádvenæ: sed estis cives Sanctórum et doméstici Dei: superædificáti super fundaméntum Apostolórum, et Prophetárum, ipso summo angulári lápide Christo Jesu."
+  en: "Brothers: Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners; but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and the domestics of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone."
+citation:
+  la: "Eph 2:19-20"
+  en: "Eph 2:19-20"
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/lauds-capitulum-common-of-apostles.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds
+# `votive=C1` live query, 2026-08 -- same votive-office-view reasoning as
+# vespers-hymn-common-of-a-martyr-bishop.yml's header (real saints in
+# this small category -- Commemoration of St. Paul, Beheading of St.
+# John the Baptist, Dedication of the Basilicas of Ss. Peter and Paul --
+# have their own distinct standing and no clean un-outranked day to
+# sample from). Same chapter reused for Vespers -- no separate vespers-
+# capitulum-<id> file authored, per vespers.ts's vespersCapitulumForOverride
+# fallback.
+id: lauds-capitulum-common-of-apostles
+text:
+  la: "Fratres: Jam non estis hóspites et ádvenæ: sed estis cives Sanctórum et doméstici Dei: superædificáti super fundaméntum Apostolórum, et Prophetárum, ipso summo angulári lápide Christo Jesu."
+  en: "Brothers: Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners; but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and the domestics of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone."
+citation:
+  la: "Eph 2:19-20"
+  en: "Eph 2:19-20"
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/lauds-hymn-common-of-a-confessor-doctor.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-doctor
+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-hymn-common-of-an-apostle.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds
+# `votive=C1` live query, 2026-08 -- see lauds-capitulum-common-of-an-
+# apostle.yml's header for why the votive-office view was used.
+# "Exsúltet cælum láudibus" -- the classic Common-of-Apostles hymn, same
+# text both hours here, a single genuine recension found in the
+# reference engine.
+id: lauds-hymn-common-of-an-apostle
+text:
+  la: >-
+    Exsúltet cælum láudibus,
+
+    Resúltet terra gáudiis:
+
+    Apostolórum glóriam
+
+    Sacra canunt solémnia.
+
+
+    Vos sæcli justi júdices,
+
+    Et vera mundi lúmina,
+
+    Votis precámur córdium,
+
+    Audíte preces súpplicum.
+
+
+    Qui cælum verbo cláuditis,
+
+    Serásque ejus sólvitis:
+
+    Nos a peccátis ómnibus
+
+    Sólvite jussu, quǽsumus.
+
+
+    Quorum præcépto súbditur,
+
+    Salus, et languor ómnium:
+
+    Sanáte ægros móribus,
+
+    Nos reddéntes virtútibus.
+
+
+    Ut, cum Judex advénerit
+
+    Christus in fine sǽculi,
+
+    Nos sempitérni gáudii
+
+    Fáciat esse cómpotes.
+
+
+    Deo Patri sit glória,
+
+    Ejúsque soli Fílio,
+
+    Cum Spíritu Paráclito,
+
+    Et nunc, et in perpétuum. Amen.
+  en: >-
+    Now let the earth with joy resound,
+
+    And heaven the chant re-echo round;
+
+    Nor heaven nor earth too high can raise
+
+    The great Apostles' glorious praise.
+
+
+    O ye who, throned in glory dread,
+
+    Shall judge the living and the dead,
+
+    Lights of the world forevermore!
+
+    To you the suppliant prayer we pour.
+
+
+    Ye close the sacred gates on high;
+
+    At your command apart they fly:
+
+    Oh! loose for us the guilty chain
+
+    We strive to break, and strive in vain.
+
+
+    Sickness and health your voice obey;
+
+    At your command they go or stay:
+
+    From sin's disease our souls restore;
+
+    In good confirm us more and more.
+
+
+    So when the world is at its end,
+
+    And Christ to judgement shall descend,
+
+    May we be called those joys to see
+
+    Prepared from all eternity.
+
+
+    Praise to the Father, with the Son,
+
+    And Holy Spirit, Three in One;
+
+    As ever was in ages past,
+
+    And so shall be while ages last. Amen.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/lauds-hymn-common-of-apostles.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds
+# `votive=C1` live query, 2026-08 -- see lauds-capitulum-common-of-an-
+# apostle.yml's header for why the votive-office view was used.
+# "Exsúltet cælum láudibus" -- the classic Common-of-Apostles hymn, same
+# text both hours here, a single genuine recension found in the
+# reference engine.
+id: lauds-hymn-common-of-apostles
+text:
+  la: >-
+    Exsúltet cælum láudibus,
+
+    Resúltet terra gáudiis:
+
+    Apostolórum glóriam
+
+    Sacra canunt solémnia.
+
+
+    Vos sæcli justi júdices,
+
+    Et vera mundi lúmina,
+
+    Votis precámur córdium,
+
+    Audíte preces súpplicum.
+
+
+    Qui cælum verbo cláuditis,
+
+    Serásque ejus sólvitis:
+
+    Nos a peccátis ómnibus
+
+    Sólvite jussu, quǽsumus.
+
+
+    Quorum præcépto súbditur,
+
+    Salus, et languor ómnium:
+
+    Sanáte ægros móribus,
+
+    Nos reddéntes virtútibus.
+
+
+    Ut, cum Judex advénerit
+
+    Christus in fine sǽculi,
+
+    Nos sempitérni gáudii
+
+    Fáciat esse cómpotes.
+
+
+    Deo Patri sit glória,
+
+    Ejúsque soli Fílio,
+
+    Cum Spíritu Paráclito,
+
+    Et nunc, et in perpétuum. Amen.
+  en: >-
+    Now let the earth with joy resound,
+
+    And heaven the chant re-echo round;
+
+    Nor heaven nor earth too high can raise
+
+    The great Apostles' glorious praise.
+
+
+    O ye who, throned in glory dread,
+
+    Shall judge the living and the dead,
+
+    Lights of the world forevermore!
+
+    To you the suppliant prayer we pour.
+
+
+    Ye close the sacred gates on high;
+
+    At your command apart they fly:
+
+    Oh! loose for us the guilty chain
+
+    We strive to break, and strive in vain.
+
+
+    Sickness and health your voice obey;
+
+    At your command they go or stay:
+
+    From sin's disease our souls restore;
+
+    In good confirm us more and more.
+
+
+    So when the world is at its end,
+
+    And Christ to judgement shall descend,
+
+    May we be called those joys to see
+
+    Prepared from all eternity.
+
+
+    Praise to the Father, with the Son,
+
+    And Holy Spirit, Three in One;
+
+    As ever was in ages past,
+
+    And so shall be while ages last. Amen.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/lauds-responsory-common-of-a-confessor-doctor.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-doctor
+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-responsory-common-of-an-apostle.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds
+# `votive=C1` live query, 2026-08 -- see lauds-capitulum-common-of-an-
+# apostle.yml's header for why the votive-office view was used.
+id: lauds-responsory-common-of-an-apostle
+text:
+  la: |
+    R.br. In omnem terram * Exívit sonus eórum.
+    ℟. In omnem terram * Exívit sonus eórum.
+    ℣. Et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.
+    ℟. Exívit sonus eórum.
+    ℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
+    ℟. In omnem terram * Exívit sonus eórum.
+  en: |
+    R.br. Their sound hath gone * forth into all the earth.
+    ℟. Their sound hath gone * forth into all the earth.
+    ℣. And their words unto the ends of the world.
+    ℟. Forth into all the earth.
+    ℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
+    ℟. Their sound hath gone * forth into all the earth.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/lauds-responsory-common-of-apostles.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds
+# `votive=C1` live query, 2026-08 -- see lauds-capitulum-common-of-an-
+# apostle.yml's header for why the votive-office view was used.
+id: lauds-responsory-common-of-apostles
+text:
+  la: |
+    R.br. In omnem terram * Exívit sonus eórum.
+    ℟. In omnem terram * Exívit sonus eórum.
+    ℣. Et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.
+    ℟. Exívit sonus eórum.
+    ℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
+    ℟. In omnem terram * Exívit sonus eórum.
+  en: |
+    R.br. Their sound hath gone * forth into all the earth.
+    ℟. Their sound hath gone * forth into all the earth.
+    ℣. And their words unto the ends of the world.
+    ℟. Forth into all the earth.
+    ℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
+    ℟. Their sound hath gone * forth into all the earth.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/lauds-versicle-common-of-a-confessor-doctor.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-doctor.yml).
+id: lauds-versicle-common-of-a-confessor-doctor
+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/lauds-versicle-common-of-an-apostle.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds
+# `votive=C1` live query, 2026-08 -- see lauds-capitulum-common-of-an-
+# apostle.yml's header for why the votive-office view was used.
+id: lauds-versicle-common-of-an-apostle
+text:
+  la: |
+    ℣. Annuntiavérunt ópera Dei.
+    ℟. Et facta ejus intellexérunt.
+  en: |
+    ℣. They declared the works of God.
+    ℟. And understood his doings.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/lauds-versicle-common-of-apostles.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds
+# `votive=C1` live query, 2026-08 -- see lauds-capitulum-common-of-an-
+# apostle.yml's header for why the votive-office view was used.
+id: lauds-versicle-common-of-apostles
+text:
+  la: |
+    ℣. Annuntiavérunt ópera Dei.
+    ℟. Et facta ejus intellexérunt.
+  en: |
+    ℣. They declared the works of God.
+    ℟. And understood his doings.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/vespers-hymn-common-of-a-confessor-doctor.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-doctor
+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-hymn-common-of-an-apostle.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Vespers
+# `votive=C1` live query, 2026-08 -- byte-identical to the Lauds hymn
+# ("Exsúltet cælum láudibus") -- see lauds-capitulum-common-of-an-
+# apostle.yml's header for the fuller gap/sourcing writeup.
+id: vespers-hymn-common-of-an-apostle
+text:
+  la: >-
+    Exsúltet cælum láudibus,
+
+    Resúltet terra gáudiis:
+
+    Apostolórum glóriam
+
+    Sacra canunt solémnia.
+
+
+    Vos sæcli justi júdices,
+
+    Et vera mundi lúmina,
+
+    Votis precámur córdium,
+
+    Audíte preces súpplicum.
+
+
+    Qui cælum verbo cláuditis,
+
+    Serásque ejus sólvitis:
+
+    Nos a peccátis ómnibus
+
+    Sólvite jussu, quǽsumus.
+
+
+    Quorum præcépto súbditur,
+
+    Salus, et languor ómnium:
+
+    Sanáte ægros móribus,
+
+    Nos reddéntes virtútibus.
+
+
+    Ut, cum Judex advénerit
+
+    Christus in fine sǽculi,
+
+    Nos sempitérni gáudii
+
+    Fáciat esse cómpotes.
+
+
+    Deo Patri sit glória,
+
+    Ejúsque soli Fílio,
+
+    Cum Spíritu Paráclito,
+
+    Et nunc, et in perpétuum. Amen.
+  en: >-
+    Now let the earth with joy resound,
+
+    And heaven the chant re-echo round;
+
+    Nor heaven nor earth too high can raise
+
+    The great Apostles' glorious praise.
+
+
+    O ye who, throned in glory dread,
+
+    Shall judge the living and the dead,
+
+    Lights of the world forevermore!
+
+    To you the suppliant prayer we pour.
+
+
+    Ye close the sacred gates on high;
+
+    At your command apart they fly:
+
+    Oh! loose for us the guilty chain
+
+    We strive to break, and strive in vain.
+
+
+    Sickness and health your voice obey;
+
+    At your command they go or stay:
+
+    From sin's disease our souls restore;
+
+    In good confirm us more and more.
+
+
+    So when the world is at its end,
+
+    And Christ to judgement shall descend,
+
+    May we be called those joys to see
+
+    Prepared from all eternity.
+
+
+    Praise to the Father, with the Son,
+
+    And Holy Spirit, Three in One;
+
+    As ever was in ages past,
+
+    And so shall be while ages last. Amen.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/vespers-hymn-common-of-apostles.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Vespers
+# `votive=C1` live query, 2026-08 -- byte-identical to the Lauds hymn
+# ("Exsúltet cælum láudibus") -- see lauds-capitulum-common-of-an-
+# apostle.yml's header for the fuller gap/sourcing writeup.
+id: vespers-hymn-common-of-apostles
+text:
+  la: >-
+    Exsúltet cælum láudibus,
+
+    Resúltet terra gáudiis:
+
+    Apostolórum glóriam
+
+    Sacra canunt solémnia.
+
+
+    Vos sæcli justi júdices,
+
+    Et vera mundi lúmina,
+
+    Votis precámur córdium,
+
+    Audíte preces súpplicum.
+
+
+    Qui cælum verbo cláuditis,
+
+    Serásque ejus sólvitis:
+
+    Nos a peccátis ómnibus
+
+    Sólvite jussu, quǽsumus.
+
+
+    Quorum præcépto súbditur,
+
+    Salus, et languor ómnium:
+
+    Sanáte ægros móribus,
+
+    Nos reddéntes virtútibus.
+
+
+    Ut, cum Judex advénerit
+
+    Christus in fine sǽculi,
+
+    Nos sempitérni gáudii
+
+    Fáciat esse cómpotes.
+
+
+    Deo Patri sit glória,
+
+    Ejúsque soli Fílio,
+
+    Cum Spíritu Paráclito,
+
+    Et nunc, et in perpétuum. Amen.
+  en: >-
+    Now let the earth with joy resound,
+
+    And heaven the chant re-echo round;
+
+    Nor heaven nor earth too high can raise
+
+    The great Apostles' glorious praise.
+
+
+    O ye who, throned in glory dread,
+
+    Shall judge the living and the dead,
+
+    Lights of the world forevermore!
+
+    To you the suppliant prayer we pour.
+
+
+    Ye close the sacred gates on high;
+
+    At your command apart they fly:
+
+    Oh! loose for us the guilty chain
+
+    We strive to break, and strive in vain.
+
+
+    Sickness and health your voice obey;
+
+    At your command they go or stay:
+
+    From sin's disease our souls restore;
+
+    In good confirm us more and more.
+
+
+    So when the world is at its end,
+
+    And Christ to judgement shall descend,
+
+    May we be called those joys to see
+
+    Prepared from all eternity.
+
+
+    Praise to the Father, with the Son,
+
+    And Holy Spirit, Three in One;
+
+    As ever was in ages past,
+
+    And so shall be while ages last. Amen.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/vespers-responsory-common-of-a-confessor-doctor.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-doctor
+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-responsory-common-of-an-apostle.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Vespers
+# `votive=C1` live query, 2026-08 -- see lauds-capitulum-common-of-an-
+# apostle.yml's header for why the votive-office view was used.
+id: vespers-responsory-common-of-an-apostle
+text:
+  la: |
+    R.br. Constítues eos príncipes * Super omnem terram.
+    ℟. Constítues eos príncipes * Super omnem terram.
+    ℣. Mémores erunt nóminis tui, Dómine.
+    ℟. Super omnem terram.
+    ℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
+    ℟. Constítues eos príncipes * Super omnem terram.
+  en: |
+    R.br. Thou shalt make them princes * over all the earth.
+    ℟. Thou shalt make them princes * over all the earth.
+    ℣. They shall remember thy name, O Lord.
+    ℟. All over the earth.
+    ℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
+    ℟. Thou shalt make them princes * over all the earth.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/vespers-responsory-common-of-apostles.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Vespers
+# `votive=C1` live query, 2026-08 -- see lauds-capitulum-common-of-an-
+# apostle.yml's header for why the votive-office view was used.
+id: vespers-responsory-common-of-apostles
+text:
+  la: |
+    R.br. Constítues eos príncipes * Super omnem terram.
+    ℟. Constítues eos príncipes * Super omnem terram.
+    ℣. Mémores erunt nóminis tui, Dómine.
+    ℟. Super omnem terram.
+    ℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
+    ℟. Constítues eos príncipes * Super omnem terram.
+  en: |
+    R.br. Thou shalt make them princes * over all the earth.
+    ℟. Thou shalt make them princes * over all the earth.
+    ℣. They shall remember thy name, O Lord.
+    ℟. All over the earth.
+    ℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
+    ℟. Thou shalt make them princes * over all the earth.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/vespers-versicle-common-of-a-confessor-doctor.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-doctor.yml).
+id: vespers-versicle-common-of-a-confessor-doctor
+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-versicle-common-of-an-apostle.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Vespers
+# `votive=C1` live query, 2026-08 -- same versicle as Lauds (see lauds-
+# versicle-common-of-an-apostle.yml).
+id: vespers-versicle-common-of-an-apostle
+text:
+  la: |
+    ℣. Annuntiavérunt ópera Dei.
+    ℟. Et facta ejus intellexérunt.
+  en: |
+    ℣. They declared the works of God.
+    ℟. And understood his doings.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/common/vespers-versicle-common-of-apostles.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Vespers
+# `votive=C1` live query, 2026-08 -- same versicle as Lauds (see lauds-
+# versicle-common-of-apostles.yml).
+id: vespers-versicle-common-of-apostles
+text:
+  la: |
+    ℣. Annuntiavérunt ópera Dei.
+    ℟. Et facta ejus intellexérunt.
+  en: |
+    ℣. They declared the works of God.
+    ℟. And understood his doings.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

tests/hours/lauds.test.ts

@@ -212,6 +212,27 @@ describe('resolveOrdo("lauds", ...)', () => {
     expect(hymn?.kind === 'hymn' ? hymn.text.text.la : undefined).toContain('Jesu, coróna Vírginum');
   });
 
+  it("uses common-of-a-confessor-doctor's real office bundle on St. John Damascene's own day", () => {
+    // Live-verified 2026-08-26 to be Common-of-a-Confessor-Bishop's own
+    // content -- see lauds-capitulum-common-of-a-confessor-doctor.yml's
+    // header.
+    const ordo = resolveOrdo('lauds', '2026-03-27');
+    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("uses common-of-an-apostle's real office bundle on the Commemoration of St. Paul's own day", () => {
+    // Live-verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617)
+    // votive=C1 -- see lauds-capitulum-common-of-an-apostle.yml's header.
+    const ordo = resolveOrdo('lauds', '2026-06-30');
+    const chapter = ordo.parts.find((p) => p.kind === 'chapter');
+    expect(chapter?.kind === 'chapter' ? chapter.text.citation?.en : undefined).toBe('Eph 2:19-20');
+    const hymn = ordo.parts.find((p) => p.kind === 'hymn');
+    expect(hymn?.kind === 'hymn' ? hymn.text.text.la : undefined).toContain('Exsúltet cælum láudibus');
+  });
+
   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

@@ -299,6 +299,29 @@ describe('resolveOrdo("vespers", ...)', () => {
     expect(hymn?.kind === 'hymn' ? hymn.text.text.la : undefined).toContain('Jesu, coróna Vírginum');
   });
 
+  it("uses common-of-a-confessor-doctor's real office bundle for St. Robert Bellarmine's First Vespers", () => {
+    // St. Robert Bellarmine (May 13, Duplex, common-of-a-confessor-
+    // doctor -- live-verified 2026-08-26 to be Common-of-a-Confessor-
+    // Bishop's own content, see lauds-capitulum-common-of-a-confessor-
+    // doctor.yml's header) claims First Vespers over May 12's own
+    // evening.
+    const ordo = resolveOrdo('vespers', '2026-05-12');
+    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("uses common-of-an-apostle's real office bundle for the Beheading of St. John the Baptist's First Vespers", () => {
+    // Live-verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617)
+    // votive=C1 -- see vespers-hymn-common-of-an-apostle.yml's header.
+    const ordo = resolveOrdo('vespers', '2026-08-28');
+    const chapter = ordo.parts.find((p) => p.kind === 'chapter');
+    expect(chapter?.kind === 'chapter' ? chapter.text.citation?.en : undefined).toBe('Eph 2:19-20');
+    const hymn = ordo.parts.find((p) => p.kind === 'hymn');
+    expect(hymn?.kind === 'hymn' ? hymn.text.text.la : undefined).toContain('Exsúltet cælum láudibus');
+  });
+
   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).