# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds # live query (2026-06-23, winner outright) -- the Benedictus antiphon. # Own proper text, deliberately echoing the Benedictus canticle's own # opening words ("Erexit cornu salutis nobis in domo David pueri sui") — # a fitting antiphon for the Vigil of the saint whose own father, St. # Zechariah, first spoke that canticle (Luke 1:69) — not shared with # common-of-a-vigil.yml's other vigils. id: vigil-of-st-john-the-baptist-antiphon text: la: "Eréxit nobis * Dóminus cornu salútis in domo David púeri sui." en: "The Lord has raised up * a horn of salvation for us in the house of David his servant." status: la: verified en: verified