Brendan of Clonfert

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Brendan of Clonfert, also known as St. Brendan the Navigator, was a 6th-century Irish monk and legendary seafaring saint famed for his epic voyage in search of the "Isle of the Blessed."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint ⓘ
Irish monk ⓘ
abbot ⓘ
legendary figure ⓘ
navigator ⓘ
alternativeName Brendan the Navigator ⓘ
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Brendan the Voyager ⓘ
Bréanainn of Clonfert ⓘ
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Brénainn of Clonfert ⓘ
linked to: Brendan of Clonfert
associatedWith Ardfert ⓘ
Clonfert ⓘ
County Kerry ⓘ
birthDate c. 484 ⓘ
birthPlace County Kerry ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Munster ⓘ
Tralee ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 6th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
deathDate c. 577 ⓘ
educatedBy Erc of Slane ⓘ
Finnian of Clonard ⓘ
Ita of Killeedy ⓘ
feastDay 16 May ⓘ
founded Clonfert Monastery ⓘ
monastery at Annaghdown ⓘ
monastery at Ardfert ⓘ
monastery at Clonfert in County Galway ⓘ
monastery at Inishdadroum ⓘ
givenName Brendan ⓘ
hasLegend voyage across the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
influenced Irish hagiography ⓘ
medieval voyage literature ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Irish ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
notableFor early medieval Irish seafaring legend ⓘ
legendary sea voyage in search of the Isle of the Blessed ⓘ
notableWork Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis ⓘ
Voyage of Saint Brendan ⓘ
patronage boatmen ⓘ
sailors ⓘ
seafarers ⓘ
travelers ⓘ
positionHeld abbot of Clonfert ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousOrder Celtic monasticism ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Lutheran Church ⓘ
linked to: Lutheranism

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St. Brendan the Navigator → hasTitle → Brendan of Clonfert ⓘ
St. Brendan the Navigator → hasTitle → Brendan the Navigator ⓘ
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Brénainn → associatedWith → Saint Brendan of Clonfert ⓘ
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Brénainn → notableBearer → Brénainn of Clonfert ⓘ
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Brendan → mainCharacter → Saint Brendan the Navigator ⓘ
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Brendan → featuresCharacter → Saint Brendan ⓘ
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Brendan → hasTitleCharacter → Saint Brendan ⓘ
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Brendan → about → Saint Brendan the Navigator ⓘ
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Voyage of Saint Brendan → hasMainCharacter → Saint Brendan the Navigator ⓘ
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Voyage of Saint Brendan → featuresCharacter → Saint Brendan of Clonfert ⓘ
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Clonfert Monastery → foundedBy → Saint Brendan the Navigator ⓘ
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Clonfert Monastery → foundedBy → Saint Brendan of Clonfert ⓘ
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Clonfert Monastery → associatedSaint → Saint Brendan the Navigator ⓘ
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Clonfert Monastery → dedicatedTo → Saint Brendan ⓘ
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Brendan of Clonfert → alternativeName → Brendan the Navigator ⓘ
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Brendan of Clonfert → alternativeName → Brénainn of Clonfert ⓘ
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Brendan of Clonfert → alternativeName → Bréanainn of Clonfert ⓘ
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Tralee → associatedWith → Saint Brendan the Navigator ⓘ
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Clonfert → associatedWithSaint → St Brendan of Clonfert ⓘ
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St. Brendan Church → namedAfter → Saint Brendan ⓘ
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Diocese of Clonfert → associatedWith → Saint Brendan ⓘ
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Diocese of Clonfert → patronSaint → Saint Brendan ⓘ
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Diocese of Clonfert → hasCathedralDedication → Saint Brendan ⓘ
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abbot of Clonfert → positionHeldBy → Brendan of Clonfert ⓘ
abbot of Clonfert → associatedWithSaint → Saint Brendan ⓘ
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Ardfert → associatedWith → Saint Brendan of Clonfert ⓘ
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Finnian of Clonard → notableStudent → Brendan of Clonfert ⓘ