"Almum flamen, vita mundi" is an anonymous Whitsuntide hymn of uncertain origin and date. It appeared in the Corolla Hymnorum (Cologne, 1806, p. 40) and was printed by H. A. Daniel (Thesaurus Hymnologicus, vol. ii, p. 368) in seven nine-line stanzas. The text is not known to be used in any official liturgical work.
Edward Caswall translated the text as "Lord of Eternal Sanctity," published in The Masque of Mary and Other Poems (1858) in seven ten-line stanzas and reprinted in his Hymns and Poems (1873). A cento starting with stanza two, "Come Thou, who dost the soul endue," was compiled for The Hymnary (1872, No. 329) with Caswall's personal approval shortly before his death. Another translation, "Genial Spirit, earth's emotion," was made by Herbert Kynaston in his Occasional Hymns (1862).
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