Saint Patrick's Breastplate
Old Irish prayer of protection / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about St. Patrick's Breastplate?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
"Saint Patrick's Breastplate" is an Old Irish prayer of protection of the "lorica" type (hence "Lorica Sancti Patricii", or "The Lorica of Saint Patrick") attributed to Saint Patrick.
Its title is given as Faeth Fiada in the 11th-century Liber Hymnorum that records the text. This has been interpreted as the "Deer's Cry" by Middle Irish popular etymology, but it is more likely a term for a "spell of concealment".[1] It is also known by its incipit (repeated at the beginning of the first five sections) atomruig indiu, or "I bind unto myself today".