Tag: St. Brendan

St. Brendan, (born c. 484/486, Tralee, now in County Kerry, Ireland — died 578, Annaghdown, County Galway; feast day May 16), was a 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, he later studied under Abbot St. Jarlath of…