“What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too…” Pope Benedict XVI (7 July 2007)
Title before 1631AD: “Christe Redemptor Omnium”
In addition to providing the Latin version with accent marks, the Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal commissioned English translations from Latin scholars to help congregations appreciate these ancient prayers. Until the Brébeuf Hymnal appeared in 2018, literal translations for many of these hymns had never been made.
This hymn is referred to by the post-Urbanite name (“Jesu Redemptor Omnium”) to avoid confusion—since “Christe Redemptor Omnium” has the same name as the 9th-century hymn for All Saints by Rabanus Maurus.