Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis

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Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis is a medieval Latin Christian travel narrative recounting the legendary sea voyage of Saint Brendan and his companions in search of the Blessed Isles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian travel narrative
hagiographical text
medieval Latin prose narrative
voyage literature
adaptedInto vernacular versions in several European languages
approximateDateOfComposition 8th century
9th century
associatedLegend Voyage of Saint Brendan
surface form: Saint Brendan’s voyage to the Promised Land of the Saints
associatedWith Brendan of Clonfert cult
Irish hagiography
centralTheme Christian marvels
monastic exploration
pilgrimage
search for the Blessed Isles
circulatedIn Western Europe
containsMotif Easter celebration on a sea creature
Isle of the Blessed
surface form: Island of the Blessed

encounters with marvels and monsters
liturgical calendar of islands
voyage to otherworldly islands
depicts ascetic ideals
trust in divine providence
featuresCharacter Brendan’s monastic companions
genre hagiography
travel literature
hasManuscriptTradition wide medieval manuscript circulation
influenced insular Latin narrative tradition
later Brendan legends
medieval voyage literature
language Latin
literaryPeriod Middle Ages
literaryType immram-type voyage tale
mainCharacter Brendan of Clonfert
St. Brendan the Navigator
surface form: Saint Brendan
narrativeForm prose
narrativePerspective third-person narrative
placeOfOrigin Insular world
Irish monastic milieu
religiousFunction edification of monks
moral instruction
religiousOrientation monastic
religiousTradition Christianity
Western Christianity
surface form: Latin Christianity
setting Atlantic Ocean
sea voyage
timePeriodDepicted early medieval Christian world
titleTranslation Voyage of Saint Brendan
surface form: Voyage of Saint Brendan the Abbot

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St. Brendan the Navigator notableWork Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis
St. Brendan the Navigator notableWork Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis
this entity surface form: The Voyage of Saint Brendan the Abbot
Voyage of Saint Brendan hasAlternativeName Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis
this entity surface form: Navigatio Sancti Brendani
Voyage of Saint Brendan hasAlternativeName Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis
Terra Repromissionis mentionedIn Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis
this entity surface form: Navigatio Sancti Brendani
Brendan of Clonfert notableWork Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis