Saint Brendan


Region Occupation Born Died
Europe Explorer, Cartographer 489 570

Sailed from native Ireland around 560 AD with fellow monks in a coragh, possibly reaching Iceland. His travels described in 10th-century ms., Navigatio Sancti Brendani. His travels reenacted by Tim Severin in 1976

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey
The Voyage of Saint Brendan
The Brendan Voyage

Images

Saint Brendan

Public Domain Source

Related Documents

Navigatio Sancti Brendani

Compiler

Peter Richards