St. Brendan is a Celtic saint known for his legendary voyages in the Atlantic Ocean in the 5th and 6th centuries, possibly reaching North America long before the Vikings, and for founding monasteries in Ireland and Scotland, especially in Clonfert, Galway. Much of what is known about him comes from Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis, a legendary Christian tale of sea adventure featuring St. Brendan’s journey with other monks to the “Promised Land of the Saints” in a curragh. It was recorded in Latin prose between the mid-8th and early 10th century.
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