Tantum ergo
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Tantum ergo is a traditional Latin Eucharistic hymn, taken from the final verses of St. Thomas Aquinas’s Pange lingua, that is especially used during the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tantum ergo canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6442665 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tantum ergo Context triple: [Corpus Christi, hasKeyHymn, Tantum ergo]
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A.
Sublimis Deus
Sublimis Deus is a 1537 papal bull by Pope Paul III that declared the indigenous peoples of the Americas to be rational humans with souls who must not be enslaved.
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B.
Benedicite
Benedicite is a traditional Christian canticle of praise, derived from the Song of the Three Holy Youths and used in various liturgical services.
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C.
Inter Mirifica
Inter Mirifica is a decree of the Second Vatican Council that addresses the role, responsibilities, and moral use of social communications media in the life of the Church and society.
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D.
Sacri Canones
Sacri Canones is the apostolic constitution by which Pope John Paul II officially promulgated the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
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E.
De Benedictionibus
De Benedictionibus is the Latin title of the Roman Catholic liturgical book that contains the official rites and prayers for various blessings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tantum ergo Target entity description: Tantum ergo is a traditional Latin Eucharistic hymn, taken from the final verses of St. Thomas Aquinas’s Pange lingua, that is especially used during the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
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A.
Sublimis Deus
Sublimis Deus is a 1537 papal bull by Pope Paul III that declared the indigenous peoples of the Americas to be rational humans with souls who must not be enslaved.
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B.
Benedicite
Benedicite is a traditional Christian canticle of praise, derived from the Song of the Three Holy Youths and used in various liturgical services.
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C.
Inter Mirifica
Inter Mirifica is a decree of the Second Vatican Council that addresses the role, responsibilities, and moral use of social communications media in the life of the Church and society.
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D.
Sacri Canones
Sacri Canones is the apostolic constitution by which Pope John Paul II officially promulgated the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
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E.
De Benedictionibus
De Benedictionibus is the Latin title of the Roman Catholic liturgical book that contains the official rites and prayers for various blessings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Eucharistic hymn ⓘ |
| addresses | Blessed Sacrament ⓘ |
| associatedObject |
monstrance
ⓘ
tabernacle ⓘ |
| associatedSaint |
Thomas Aquinas
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Thomas Aquinas
|
| author |
Thomas Aquinas
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Thomas Aquinas
|
| centuryOfComposition | 13th century ⓘ |
| commemorates |
institution of the Eucharist
ⓘ
sacrifice of Christ ⓘ |
| devotionalPractice | adoration of the Eucharist ⓘ |
| feastAssociation |
Feast of Corpus Christi
ⓘ
linked to:
Fiestas del Corpus Christi
|
| followedBy | Divine Praises in Benediction ⓘ |
| genre | hymn ⓘ |
| hasCommonTranslationLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| hasIncipit | Tantum ergo Sacramentum ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfStanzas | 2 ⓘ |
| invokes | faith in the Eucharistic mystery ⓘ |
| isExcerptOf | Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| liturgicalBook |
Rituale Romanum
ⓘ
Roman Ritual ⓘ |
| liturgicalContext | Eucharistic adoration ⓘ |
| liturgicalFunction | sung before the blessing with the monstrance ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse |
Eucharistic benediction
ⓘ
linked to:
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
processions of the Blessed Sacrament ⓘ |
| musicalSettingBy |
Anton Bruckner
ⓘ
César Franck ⓘ Franz Schubert ⓘ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ |
| originalTextMetre | rhymed accentual verse ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pange lingua
ⓘ
linked to:
Pange lingua gloriosi
|
| performedBy |
cantor
ⓘ
choir ⓘ congregation ⓘ |
| performedDuring |
Eucharistic processions
ⓘ
linked to:
Corpus Christi processions
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament ⓘ
linked to:
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
|
| religiousTradition |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| requests | divine blessing ⓘ |
| textSource | final verses of Pange lingua ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
Eucharistic adoration
ⓘ
Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist ⓘ adoration of the sacrament ⓘ |
| usedIn | Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tantum ergo Description of subject: Tantum ergo is a traditional Latin Eucharistic hymn, taken from the final verses of St. Thomas Aquinas’s Pange lingua, that is especially used during the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.