Sub Tuum Praesidum
This prayer, known in Latin as “Sub tuum Praesidium” and first found in a Greek papyrus, c. 300, is the oldest known prayer to the Virgin.
Under thy protection we seek refuge, O Holy Mother of God;
In our needs, despise not our petitions,
but deliver us always from all dangers,
O Glorious and Blessed Virgin.
In our needs, despise not our petitions,
but deliver us always from all dangers,
O Glorious and Blessed Virgin.