St. Brendan the Navigator

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Catholic saint Christian monk Irish saint legendary voyager medieval Irish figure

St. Brendan the Navigator is a 6th-century Irish monk and legendary seafaring saint famed for his epic voyage in search of the "Isle of the Blessed," which made him a patron of sailors and navigators.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Brendan the Voyager 1
Saint Brendan 1
Saint Brendan of Clonfert 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic saint ⓘ
Christian monk ⓘ
Irish saint ⓘ
legendary voyager ⓘ
medieval Irish figure ⓘ
associatedWith Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Irish monasticism ⓘ
Isle of the Blessed ⓘ
birthDate c. 484 ⓘ
birthPlace County Kerry ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Munster ⓘ
Tralee ⓘ
canonizationStatus pre-congregation ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 6th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
deathDate c. 577 ⓘ
deathPlace Annaghdown ⓘ
County Galway ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish ⓘ
feastDay 16 May ⓘ
founded Clonfert Monastery ⓘ
Clonfert Monastery ⓘ
surface form: monastery at Clonfert
givenName Brendan ⓘ
hasTitle Brendan of Clonfert ⓘ
Brendan of Clonfert ⓘ
surface form: Brendan the Navigator

St. Brendan the Navigator self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Brendan the Voyager
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
influenced medieval exploration legends ⓘ
legendaryVoyageDestination Promised Land of the Saints ⓘ
Terra Repromissionis ⓘ
nativeLanguage Irish ⓘ
notableFor early medieval Christian travel literature ⓘ
legendary sea voyage in search of the Isle of the Blessed ⓘ
notableWork Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis ⓘ
Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis ⓘ
surface form: The Voyage of Saint Brendan the Abbot

Voyage of Saint Brendan ⓘ
occupation abbot ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
monk ⓘ
patronage mariners ⓘ
navigators ⓘ
sailors ⓘ
travelers ⓘ
placeOfBurial Clonfert ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran Church

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St. Brendan the Navigator → hasTitle → St. Brendan the Navigator self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brendan the Voyager
Brendan → nameDayAssociatedWith → St. Brendan the Navigator ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Brendan
Brendan → notableBearer → St. Brendan the Navigator ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Brendan of Clonfert
Royal Canadian Navy → patronSaint → St. Brendan the Navigator ⓘ