A morning hymn attributed to the fifth-century Irish bishop, St Patrick.
This morning hymn is attributed to St Patrick, the fifth-century priest (possibly born in Cumbria) who swore a vow to bring Christianity to Ireland, where he had been enslaved as a child. It is described as a ‘lorica’, a breastplate, presumably in reference to the breastplate of righteousness of which St Paul wrote to the Ephesians.