Sub tuum praesidium

The earliest recorded prayer to Mary, the sub tuum praesidium, is dated in its earliest form to around the year 250.

Sub Tuum Praesidium.

The earliest known prayer to Mary is the Sub tuum praesidium, which begins with the words: "Beneath your compassion, we take refuge."

Motete: Sub tuum praesidium coro misto 2'

Bishop Punt also took as his motto Sub tuum praesidium, the opening phrase of a marial hymn.

Ortírielyanna (Quenya Sub tuum praesidium)

Sub tuum praesidium, a Coptic Orthodox hymn dating approximately to the year 250, refers to Mary as the theotokos.

The earliest text of Sub tuum praesidium traces to the Coptic Orthodox liturgy and a copy written in Greek dates to around the year 250.

It has also commissioned many new works, most recently the Troparion of Kassiani from the Greek-Canadian composer Christos Hatzis and Sub tuum praesidium by Ivan Moody.

The earliest known Marian prayer is the Sub tuum praesidium, or Beneath Thy Protection, a text for which was rediscovered in 1917 on a papyrus in Egypt dated to c. 250.

This doctrine is widely accepted by Christians in general, and the term Mother of God had already been used within the oldest known prayer to Mary, the Sub tuum praesidium which dates to around 250 AD.

The term "Mother of God" appears within the oldest known prayer to Mary, the Sub tuum praesidium, which dates to around 250 AD and states: "Under thy protection we seek refuge, Holy Mother of God".