Marian
We Fly to Thy Protection (Sub Tuum Praesidium)
Marian prayer · Latin text
The oldest known Marian prayer, found on an Egyptian papyrus of the third century, invoking the protection of the Mother of God.
We fly to thy protection, O holy Mother of God. Despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.
When it is prayed
- daily
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