Brendan, Saint

Brendan also spelled �Brandon, or Brandan, �also called �Brendan of Clonfert, Brendan the Voyager, or Brendan the Navigator, Gaelic Br�naind � Celtic saint, monastic founder, abbot, and hero of legendary voyages in the Atlantic Ocean. Reputedly raised and educated by Abbess St. Ita at her boys' school in what later became County Limerick, he later studied under Abbot St. Jarlath of Tuam. After becoming a monk and priest, he was entrusted with