Saint Brendan the Navigator
Abbot (
577 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: 16 May
Saints Who Were Close to Nature
Born in A.D. 484 in Ciarraighe Luachra , near the present-day town of Tralee , County Kerry , Ireland , Brendan was educated from the ages of one to five at Killeady , Limerick , under Saint Ita , the "foster-mother of the Irish saints." 
He received his monastic training under Saint Erc in Kerry 
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Brendan lived in a bee-hive shaped cell 
& spent hours each day meditating on the Scriptures 
After further education at Cluainfois , Brendan was ordained & began to evangelize western Ireland; he is credited with founding a great many monasteries, including Annadown , Inishadroum , Ardfert , & the great foundation at Clonfert 
as well as others in Brittany 
& Scotland ๐ด๓ ง The medieval legend "Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis" ...
details the 7-year sea voyage that Brendan undertook after receiving a vision of the "Promised Land" of the saints. Although many scholars question the truth of the "Navigatio", in A.D. 1976 contemporary explorer Tim Severin made a case for its authenticity by reproducing Brendan's journey from Ireland to Newfoundland 
in a 36 foot hide-covered boat. Brendan is the patron saint of whales 
& seafarers 
An old sailors' prayer asks that Brendan "help us remember that we have only one true port-heaven."
Eternal Father, through the intercession of Saint Brendan the Navigator, lead me forward by your gentle light 
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