Ave Christi Corpus verum. Anon. [Holy Communion.] The text of this hymn is given in Mone, No. 219, from a Reichenau MS. of the 14th century, with the title "In elevatione sanguinis Christi," which shows it to be a devotion at the elevation of the Chalice in the Mass.
There are at least four hymns which commence with almost the same words, but must not be confounded: "Ave Christi Corpus verum", "Ave verum Corpus natum", "Ave Christi Corpus carum", and "Ave verum Corpus Christi".
Translation in Common Use:
Hail, O Flesh of Christ Divine. By R. F. Littledale, first published in the Altar Manual, 1863; the Lyra Eucharistica the same year; and the People's Hymnal, 1867, No. 176.
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