Why (and when to) use stored procedures?

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What would be appropriate scenario when stored procedures should be used?

I stumbled upon implementation where almost whole data manipulation was handled by store procedures, even simplest form of INSERT/DELETE statements were wrapped and used via SP's.

So, what's the rationale for using stored procedures in general?

Sorry for such a beginners question..

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