A portrait of St. Brendan the Navigator
St. Brendan the Navigator
c. 484 – c. 577
Feast
May 16 · VI c.
Patron of
Sailors · Travelers · Boatmen · Whales, traditional
Order
Abbot / Missionary
Irish monastic founder (c. 484-577), abbot of Clonfert and protagonist of the Voyage of St. Brendan, the medieval account of his sea-faring search for the "Land of Promise of the Saints." Patron of sailors. Feast May 16.
Life & Times
Also known as: Brendan of Clonfert · Born: c. 484 · Died: c. 577 · From: Ireland / Atlantic tradition.
Patronage
St. Brendan the Navigator is invoked as the patron of sailors, travelers, boatmen, whales, traditional. Those in these callings or circumstances often turn to this saint in prayer.
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