The ancient Latin hymn 'Veni Creator Spiritus' ('Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire') is historically attributed to Saint Rabanus Maurus (c. 780–856), a German Benedictine monk, archbishop, and one of the greatest scholars of the Carolingian Renaissance. In 1627, John Cosin (1594–1672), an English bishop, translated it into common meter for the Book of Common Prayer. For over a thousand years, this majestic prayer has been sung at ordinations, coronations, and times of crisis, calling upon the Holy Spirit to bring His comforting presence, light, and healing fire to guide the church.