Born: May 12, 1630, Par­is, France.

Died: Au­gust 5, 1697, Di­jon, France.

Pseudonym: San­to­li­us Vic­to­rin­us.

De Santeüil was one of the reg­u­lar Can­ons of St. Vic­tor, at Par­is, and a dis­tin­guished writ­er of La­tin po­e­try. Ma­ny of his hymns ap­peared in the Clun­i­ac Brev­i­ary of 1686, and the Par­is Brev­i­ary, 1680 & 1736. His Hymni Sac­ri et No­vi was pub­lished at Par­is in 1689, and again, en­larged, in 1698. Jean Bap­tiste’s bro­ther was Claude de San­teüil.

Sources

Hymns

1. Christe, qui sedes Olympo
   • Christ, in High­est Heav­en En­thronèd
2. Christi perennes nuntii
   • Behold the Mess­en­gers of Christ
3. Coelestis aulae principes
   • Captains of the Saint­ly Band
   • Image of That Heav­en­ly Light, An
4. Divine crescebas Puer
   • In Sta­ture Grows the Heav­en­ly Child
5. Ex quo, salus mortalium
   • For Man the Savior Shed
   • Our Lord the Path of Suff­’ring Trod
6. Fumant Sabaeis templa vaporibus
7. No­bis, Olym­po red­di­tus
   • O Christ, Who Hast Pre­pared a Place
8. Non parta solo sanguine
   • No Purple with His Life Blood Stained
   • Not Always Earned by Wounds and Pain
   • Not by the Mar­tyr’s Death Alone
   • ’Tis Not the Blood Stained Vest Alone
9. O qui tuo, dux martyrum
   • Chief of Martyrs! Thou Whose Name
   • First of Mar­tyrs, Thou Whose Name
   • O Captain of the Martyr Host
   • O Prince of Martyrs! Thou Whose Name
   • Prince of Martyrs! Thou Whose Name
   • Prince of Martyrs! Whose Own Name
   • Rightful Prince of Mar­tyrs Thou
10. Supreme quales, Ar­bi­ter
    • Disposer Su­preme, and Judge of the Earth
11. Templi sacratas pande, Si­on, fo­res
    • O Zion, Open Wide Thy Gates