Saint Patrick's Breastplate
- Saint Patrick's Breastplate
"Saint Patrick's Breastplate" is a Christian hymn whose original Old Irish lyrics were traditionally attributed to Saint Patrick during his Irish ministry in the 5th century; however, it was probably actually written later, in the 8th century. [ ("God's shield to protect me ... from snares of devils"). fact|date=January 2008
References
* Dibble, Jeremy; "Stanford Sacred Choral Music, Vol. 3" Notes. London, 1998.
External links
* [http://www.beliefnet.com/index/index_9002.html Beliefnet: Morning Prayer of Saint Patrick]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11554a.htm The life of St Patrick]
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