A Dictionary of Hymnology/Ave, plena gratiâ, cujus
Ave, plena gratiâ, cujus. Anon. [The Purification.] In the revised Paris Missal of 1736, this hymn is given as the Sequence for the Feast of the Purification. The text is in Card. Newman's Hymni Ecclesiae, 1838 and 1865.
Translations in C. U.:—
1. Ave, Mary, full of grace. By W. J. Copeland. 1st pub. in his Hymns for the Week, &c, 1848, p. 111, in 10 st. of 3 l., and repeated in Rorison's Hymns and Anthems, 1851, and later editions, in 5 st. of 6 l.
2. Jesus, Son of Mary, hail, No. 73 in Murray's Hymnal, 1852, and some later collections, is Copeland's tr. slightly altered.
3. In His Mother's pure embrace. No. 346 in the Hymnary is the same tr. altered by the editors of that selection.
4. Hail, thou Mother, full of grace, in the Altar Hymnal, 1884, is also Copeland's tr. altered by C. R.
Another tr. not in C.U. is, "Mary, hail to thee, we sing," in the Monthly Packet, Feb., 1868.