Msg Base:  AREA 5  - ASK FATHER            CIN ECHO   AMDG
  Msg No: 253.  Mon  3-09-92 22:07  (NO KILL)  (MAILED)
    From: Father Mateo
      To: Bryan Gardner
 Subject: Hail, Holy Queen.

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| Father,
| In RCIA we are learning about the Rosary.  The question was asked as to
| the origin of the Hail, Holy Queen.  No one there knew the answer and I
| was hoping you might know.
|  
|                                     Thank you for your help.
|  
|                                           Bryan
+-[BG=>FM]
 
Dear Bryan,
 
The hymn "Hail Holy Queen", is of disputed origin and authorship.  It
is variously attributed to several different people.  The most likely
candidates are: 1) Pedro Martinez, bishop of Compostela, died 1000; 2)
Herman the Cripple, monk of the abbey of Reichenau, died 1054; 3) St.
Bernard of Clairvaux, died 1153.
 
Its first well attested use in the liturgy is in France at the Abbey of
Cluny in 1135.
 
                                Sincerely in Christ,
 
                                Father Mateo