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Litany of the Saints and the text which follows below. Litany of the Saints The Litany of the Saints (Latin: Litaniae Sanctorum) is a formal prayer of the Catholic Church and Western Rite Orthodox communities. It is a prayer to the Triune God, which also includes invocations for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Angels and all the martyrs and saints upon whom Christianity was founded, and those recognised as saints through the subsequent history of the church. Following the invocation of the saints, the Litany concludes with a series of supplications to God to hear the prayers of the worshippers. It
Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary the customary "Salve Regina". The Litany of Loreto was first included in the Rituale Romanum in 1874, as an appendix. A partial indulgence is granted to those who recite this Litany. The Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary has also been set to music (as the Litaniae lauretanae) by composers such as Palestrina, Charpentier, Mozart, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Joseph Auer, and Johannes Habert. Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Marian litany originally approved in 1587 by Pope Sixtus V. It is also known as the Litany of Loreto, for its first-known