ID: 901001354 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001354	Record Type: Literature

	Gloria in Excelcis Deo (hymn, Christian, 4th century)

Note: A short verse or hymn in Latin, praising God. By tradition, the Latin version is attributed to 4th-century Saint Hilary of Poitiers, who may have learned a similar Greek hymn while in the East. It is part of a loose tradition of early Latin translations of the scripture known as the Vetus Latina.

Display Date: 4th century

Names:

	Gloria in Excelcis Deo (hymn, Christian, 4th century) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Greater Doxology (hymn, Christian, 4th century) (English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........Literary works: Musical, Choreographic works (P)
		............Gloria in Excelcis Deo (hymn, Christian, 4th century) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... Term Not Found
	..... AAT Candidate

	language is .... Latin (language)
	.....(temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems, languages and writing systems by specific type, languages and writing systems, language-related concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	author is .... Hilaire, de Poitiers, Saint (Roman French bishop, saint, ca. 310-ca. 367)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Gloria in Excelcis Deo (hymn, Christian, 4th century)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	Greater Doxology (hymn, Christian, 4th century)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)

Iconography Record Sources:

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