Book of Common Prayer · The Litany (1662) · All versions
Royal 2 A.xx: Laetania (English) (written in Mercia in the 8th century (British Library Royal MS 2 A.xx))
English translation by AnglicanGuide from the Latin. Read the Latin edition. Words in [brackets] are supplied or summarise omitted matter.
The earliest surviving litany of the saints written in England: invocations of angels, apostles, martyrs, confessors and virgins, then "Be merciful", "From all evil", "By thy cross", the suffrage for peace, and the Agnus Dei. Translated in full by AnglicanGuide.
Source: F. E. Warren (ed.), The Antiphonary of Bangor, part II, HBS 10 (1895), appendix, pp. 89–90 (Internet Archive). Public domain (translation © AnglicanGuide).
The Litany
Litany
Christ, hear us.
Saint Michael, pray for us.
Saint Gabriel, pray for us.
Saint Raphael, pray for us.
Saint John, pray for us.
Saint Mary, pray for us.
Saint Peter, pray for us.
Saint Paul, pray for us.
Saint Andrew, pray for us.
Saint James, pray for us.
Saint John, pray for us.
Saint Philip, pray for us.
Saint Bartholomew, pray for us.
Saint Thomas, pray for us.
Saint Matthew, pray for us.
Saint James, pray for us.
Saint Simon, pray for us.
Saint Thaddeus, pray for us.
Saint Matthias, pray for us.
Saint Barnabas, pray for us.
Saint Mark, pray for us.
Saint Luke, pray for us.
Saint Stephen, pray for us.
Saint Linus, pray for us.
Saint Cletus, pray for us.
Saint Clement, pray for us.
Saint Sixtus, pray for us.
Saint Cornelius, pray for us.
Saint Cyprian, pray for us.
Saint Laurence, pray for us.
Saint Chrysogonus, pray for us.
Saint John, pray for us.
Saint Paul, pray for us.
Saint Cosmas, pray for us.
Saint Damian, pray for us.
Saint Gervase, pray for us.
Saint Protase, pray for us.
Saint Pancras, pray for us.
Saint Paul, pray for us.
Saint Antony, pray for us.
Saint Sebastian, pray for us.
Saint Anastasius, pray for us.
Saint Polycarp, pray for us.
Saint Silvester, pray for us.
Saint Leo, pray for us.
Saint Gregory, pray for us.
Saint Ambrose, pray for us.
Saint Martin, pray for us.
Saint Augustine, pray for us.
Saint Jerome, pray for us.
Saint George, pray for us.
Saint Benedict, pray for us.
Saint Agnes, pray for us.
Saint Agatha, pray for us.
Saint Juliana, pray for us.
Saint Cecilia, pray for us.
Saint Anastasia, pray for us.
Saint Lucy, pray for us.
Saint Felicity, pray for us.
Saint Perpetua, pray for us.
Saint Eugenia, pray for us.
Saint Eulalia, pray for us.
Saint Euphemia, pray for us.
All ye saints, pray for us.
The Petitions
Be merciful: spare us.
Be merciful: deliver us.
From all evil: deliver us.
By thy cross: deliver us.
The Suffrages
We sinners beseech thee: that thou give us peace.
Son of God, we beseech thee.
Christ, hear us.
Lamb of God
Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
Highest Trinity, one Godhead, help us and have mercy upon us.