Tenebrae (Latin for "darkness") are Christian worship services held during Holy Week (before Easter)

Tenebrae may also refer to:

Christian words and music

  • Tenebrae Responsoria, prescribed readings for the services
  • Tenebrae Responsoria (Gesualdo), settings by Gesualdo (1611)
  • Tenebrae Responsories (Victoria), settings by Victoria (1585)
  • Leçons de ténèbres (Couperin), settings by Couperin (1714)
  • Sept répons des ténèbres, settings by Poulenc (1961)

Other uses

  • Tenebrae (film), a horror film by Dario Argento
  • Tenebrae (soundtrack), soundtrack album for the Dario Argento film
  • Tenebrae (choir), a professional vocal ensemble founded and directed by Nigel Short
  • Lux in Tenebris, farce by Brecht (1919)
  • Tenebrae, a fictional character in the video game Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
  • "Tenebrae", a poem by twentieth-century German poet Paul Celan
  • The Tenebrae, a monster organization in the television series Jekyll & Hyde
  • The Tenebrae, Latin name for the Keres, female death-spirits
  • Tenebrae, a fictional kingdom in the video game Final Fantasy XV
  • Tenebrae, a fictional town in the video game Ultima VIII: Pagan
  • The Tenebrea Trilogy, a set of three of science-fiction novels written by Roxann Dawson and Daniel Graham.
  • Tenebrae, the birth name of Darth Vitiate, the Sith Emperor in Star Wars: The Old Republic.

See also

  • Terebridae, a group of sea mollusks
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