Bruckner composed it on 9 February 1892. The work is based on the Latin hymn Vexilla Regis by Venantius Fortunatus. It was first performed on Good Friday, 15 April 1892, and was published in the same year by Josef Weinberger, Vienna. In the Nowak-Bauernfeind new edition (Band XXI/29 of the Gesamtausgabe) the motet was re-issued with the revised text of the hymn and an additional 4-bar Amen.
| Original Name | Vexilla regis |
| Librettist | (Vexilla regis) |
| Date of composition | 1892 (9 February 1892) |
| Premiered | 1892, April 15th in Vienna, Austria |
| First published | 1892 in Vienna, Austria |
| Type | Motet |
| Tonality | Phrygian |
| Catalogue | WAB 51 |
| Spoken language | Latin |
| Instruments | Chorus/Choir - SATB |
| Autotranslations beta |
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