Corpus Christi Watershed

“What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too…” Pope Benedict XVI (7 July 2007)

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Page 296 EPIPHANY
O Sola Magnarum Urbium (“Bethlehem! Of noblest cities”)
Translation: Fr. Edward Caswall, Oratorian
FIRST TUNE: “Stuttgart” • 87 87


  1. Equal Voices •
  2. Soprano •
  3. Alto •
  4. Tenor •
  5. Bass
  1. Live Recording A •
  2. Live Recording B
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Additional information about Hymn 296

You can hear men rehearsing the Tenor and Bass lines if you click here. You might consider the STUTTGART melody with a Firmly I Believe And Truly, a text by Cardinal Newman employing both Latin and English. Learn more at: #867. There's also a Lenten version of the STUTTGART melody. For more details see #867.