Sancta Maria, mater Dei” (Holy Mary, Mother of God) is a solemn consecration prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This work was entered into his personal catalog on September 9, 1777, in Salzburg. In the summer of that year, when Mozart was just 21 years old, he longed to leave Salzburg. He approached Archbishop Colloredo, requesting permission for himself and his father Leopold to seek their livelihood elsewhere.
