The text is the Latin gradual Locus iste for the annual celebration of a church's dedication.

Mealor set it for four unaccompanied voices, at times divided, for the 500th anniversary of the King's College Chapel in Aberdeen in 2009.

The incipit, Locus iste a Deo factus est, translates to "This place was made by God".

[3] Locus iste was recorded by Tenebrae as part of a collection, A Tender Light, of choral music by Mealor in 2011.

[4][5] It was recorded by the Choir of King's College, Aberdeen, in 2016 as part of the collection O Sacrum Convivium of contemporary sacred music.