St. Brendan

A mysterious voyage of a certain wandering saint, called St. Brendan, was not without its influence upon an enthusiastic mind.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

Each parish - St. Bernard's in Rockland, Our Lady of Good Hope in Camden and St. Francis of Assisi in Belfast - will keep its individual parish name, but the three-church cluster will be known as St. Brendan the Navigator, the Rev. Mark Reinhardt announced during Mass on Sept. 14.

Knox 2008

Was my great-uncle Brendan related to St. Brendan, the intrepid Irish monk who may have sailed to Newfoundland in the eighth century?

Tracing My Roots and Coming Up With Dirt Joe Queenan 2011

There was some actual travel, or at least legends of actual travel: Eliza Knight gives us St. Brendan, the Celtic priest who may have visited North America before even the Vikings.

井の中の蛙 » December 2008 History Carnival » Print 2008

There was some actual travel, or at least legends of actual travel: Eliza Knight gives us St. Brendan, the Celtic priest who may have visited North America before even the Vikings.

December 2008 History Carnival 2008

More about St. Brendan: Patron Saints Index he is the patron saint of whales and the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Saint Brendan the Navigator Divers 2008

St. Brendan set off in an oak boat sometime in the sixth century, heading southwest from Ireland.

Dream State Diane Roberts 2008

My father was a believer in the legend of St. Brendan, but he knew there would be skeptics.

SUNK 2008

And of course, St. Brendan, my favorite of saints, had a famous run-in with a whale, as described in the Navigatio sancti Brendani abbatis which can be found in a nineteenth century translation here:

WMAMing it up. 2008

And of course, St. Brendan, my favorite of saints, had a famous run-in with a whale, as described in the Navigatio sancti Brendani abbatis which can be found in a nineteenth century translation here:

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