Brendan the Navigator
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Brendan of Clonfert is one of the early Irish monastic saints and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. He is also referred to as Brendan the Navigator, Brendan the Voyager, Brendan the Anchorite, an
"Saint Brendan and the Whale" from a 15th-century manuscript
Sculpture of St Brendan, The Square Bantry, County Cork
Faroese stamp depicting Saint Brendan, taking up the version that the island he discovered was in the Faroe Islands.
Statue of Brendan at Fenit Harbour
Twelve Apostles of Ireland
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The Twelve Apostles of Ireland were twelve early Irish monastic saints of the sixth century who studied under St Finnian at his famous monastic school Clonard Abbey at Cluain-Eraird, now Clonard in Co
Brendan the Navigator
…Brendan of Clonfert (c. AD 484 – c. 577) is one of the early Irish monastic saints and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. He is also referred to as Brendan the Navigator, Brendan the Voyager, Brendan the Anchorite, and Brendan the Bold. The Irish form of his name is Naomh…
St. Finnian imparting his blessing to the Twelve Apostles of Ireland