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In medieval southern Italy, this hymn would be written on long scrolls decorated with upside-down figures who would appear right-side-up as the scroll was unfurled. Early versions of this hymn contained a long passage full of bee symbolism which, in the current version, has been reduced to just two mentions of bees. This hymn, which is usually sung by a deacon, contains the line, “O truly necessary (*) sin of Adam, destroyed completely by the death of Christ,” before calling that sin a “happy fault, that earned for us so great, (10[1])so glorious a Redeemer.” Just before this hymn is sung, the congregation sits in darkness while light gradually spreads by the lighting of small candles. For 10 points, name this hymn sung by Latin (-5[2])Rite Catholics before the paschal candle at the beginning of the Easter Vigil. ■END■ (0[5])

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