A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making "the way of the cross" (Via Crucis). See Station, 7 (c).
C13 sequence of the Roman Catholic Church "Stabat mater dolorosa", added to the liturgy in 1727.
A sequence in the Roman Catholic liturgy regarding the crucifixion, and used in several Divine offices.
Stabat Mater is a thirteenth-century Roman Catholic hymn attributed to Jacopone da Todi. Its title is an abbreviation of the first line, Stabat mater dolorosa ("The sorrowful mother was standing"). The hymn, one of the most powerful and immediate of extant medieval poems, meditates on the suffering of Mary, Jesus Christ's mother, during his crucifixion.
Stabat Mater is a 1926 composition by Karol Szymanowski for soprano, alto, baritone, a mixed choir, and orchestra.
Stabat Mater is a one-man funeral doom band from Finland. The band was formed in 2001 by Mikko Aspa of Deathspell Omega and Clandestine Blaze fame. Stabat Mater got underground acclaim for their 2002 split album with Worship and has since released an album per year, including one with Aspa's black metal band Deathspell Omega.
