Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig or Laidcend mac Baíth Bandaig (died 661) was a monastic scholar at Cluain Ferta Mo-Lua (Clonfert-Mulloe, Co. Laois). He is the ascribed author of the earliest surviving example of a lorica or breastplate, a term applied to a genre of charm-prayers, derived from the Pauline conception of life as an armed struggle. In this work, protection is asked for all 70-odd body parts by invoking the heavenly powers. The best known lorica is St. Patrick''s Breastplate, which however has no connection to the saint. Laidcend is also known for having produced an epitome of Gregory the Great''s Commentary on Job.