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Venerable (Monastic) · 6th century

Saint Brendan the Navigator

Also known as Brendan of Clonfert

An Irish abbot and founder of Clonfert, famed for his long sea voyages in search of the Promised Land of the Saints, a father of Irish monasticism and patron of travelers by sea.

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Notes

Pre-schism Western saint.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints