Inviolata, integra et casta es Maria (You are inviolate, untouched, and chaste, Mary)[1] is a motet by Josquin des Prez.
Composed by Josquin des Prez, the motet first appeared in print around 1519, with the publication of Motetti de la corona, libro quarto by Ottaviano Petrucci.
The five-breve phrase "O benigna, O regina, O Maria" is repeated thrice in the third section,[8] with all five voices singing the same chords.
[5] In total, the motet is made up of some 144 (12 x 12) breves, a reference to the "holy" figure associated with Mary and the "woman of the apocalypse" with "a crown of twelve stars" around her head in the Book of Revelation.
[9] The motet is one of Josquin's most famous works,[10] and was reworked by several composers especially during the early sixteenth century, such as Antonio de Cabezón and Philippe Verdelot.