The complete set of prayers to The Glorious Martyr San Cipriano
Translated from the Spanish by Bryant “Eduardo” Holman
Special advocate of the those who are bewitched or are in danger of being so. Also for travelers, those in prison, and especially for women in childbirth.
In the name of the All Powerful God, Creator of heaven and earth, of all the saints martyrs and confessors, of all of the Virgins and the blessed, of all of the angels and seraphins and so many powers and denominations that serve and praise the Divine Majesty on His high throne, I supplicate such a sweet Lord, that to me these may be conceited so many virtues that this prayer contains, so that the demon is buried away from me in the hour of my death, through the intercession of San Pedro and San Pablo, through the obedience of Isaac and Jacob, through Zacarías and that of Jacob, through the supplications of those who keep vigils in the praise of the Lord, through the sacrifices and the martyrdoms of all the Holy Apostles and through the bush that Moises saw burning, even though the fire consumed it not, that I may see myself free from all the harm of ghosts and diabolical visions, the same to many who may pray, burden or assign to other persons this prayer, as was promised to your clarified martyr San Cipriano, that those who occur to him may be see themselves free of sudden death, of lightning, of earthquakes, of fire and of calumnies, of evil tongues, of evil thought of visible enemies and if some person attempts some evil against them, that person will become shamed and remorseful and publicly declare his guilt. Amen
Prayer
Omnipotent and eternal God, I supplicate thee through the humanity and poverty with which thou wert born, through the painful circumcision, through the copious perspiration of blood that thou hadst in the Prayer in the Garden, through thy most holy passion and through the intercession of San Miguel, San Gabriel, San Juan Bautista, Santo Domingo, San Sebastián, San Fabián, San Marcos, San Lucas and all of the saints in the court of heaven, that I may see myself free of all harm and danger of relapse especially through the intercession of my beloved and blessed martyr San Cipriano, that thou mayest concede to me as much as this devotion asks of thee. Amen.
Here one prays three Credos to the Santísima Trinidad and then the following.
Prayer to the Saint
Most glorious bishop and martyr San Cipriano, I supplicate thee through thy most bitter martyrdom and through the glory that thou dost enjoy in the company of all of those whom like thee have obtained the most happy and deserving crown of martyrdom, that thou mayest free me from the sorcery and enchantments of the infernal dragon, from sudden death, from lightning and earthquake, from evil neighbors, from dangerous highways, from robbers, from prisons, evil tongues, from false testimonies and in the end, that placed at thy feet and covered with thy vestments I may be free from all of my enemies both visible and invisible and that covered with the cloak of Magdalena that I attain a pardon such as that of that blessed saint that my soul be purified and my luck be happy. Amen.
Praises to the Saint
Bishop San Cipriano
Of the greatest field
Free us from all sorcery
And of all sorcerers.
So immense is thy power
That the Lord conceded to thee
That in the hands of the sorcerer
None can even compare.
Thou hast promised to succor
Him who is in need
Thou dost heal the enchanted.
With the greatest brevity
Thou givest liberty
To the unhappy prisoner.
Of all that which is afflicted
Thou art the celestial consolation
Thou art the stairway to heaven
Of that which to thee has occurred.
Thou dost give protection to the invalid
Thou givest company to the traveler
And thou art a sure consolation
Top him that acclaims thee constant.
At all hours and instants
Against lightning and earthquakes
Thy avocation is sweet,
Who has thy devotion
Will never be seen in prisons.
Thou dost bury the temptations
Which the demon presents to thee
Whom thy prodigies don’t decrease
Thou dost free from evil tongue
And from false testimonies.
Therefor he who is in prayer
Might be carried in thy company,
Thou hast promised that he would be
Free from persecution.
The woman who is in the affliction
Of her childbirth will pray to thee
And if with faith she invoke thee
Thou wilt mitigate her longing,
Thou dost protect through thy virtue
All who invoke thee.
The persons who had this prayer and wished to reach as many virtues as they have conceited, should pray three Credos to the Santísima Trinidad, and on Sundays a Padre Nuestro to San Cipriano through the intention of those who may have been hexed or in danger of being so, and also for those travelers, prisoners and women who will give birth. The woman who is in labor will go without danger if she has lived in the grace of God, since the Lord concedes to us as many as he finds convenient, always if we labor under the Holy Law.
