Brendan of Birr

Saint

Brendan of Birr
Saint; Brendan of Birr
	Stained glass window depicting St. Brendan in St. Brendan's Church, Birr.
Abbot, Prophet of Ireland
Died	c. 573; Birr, Kingdom of Munster
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church; Anglican Communion
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Feast	29 November

Brendan of Birr (died c. 572) was one of the early Irish monastic saints. He was a monk and later an abbot, of the 6th century. He is known as "Saint Brendan the Elder" to distinguish him from his contemporary and friend Brendan the Navigator of Clonfert.^[2] He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland,^[3] a friend and disciple of Columba.^[4]

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^ ""St. Brendan the Elder of Birr", Birr Historical Society". Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
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^ Farmer, David Hugh (1997). The Oxford dictionary of saints (4th ed.). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press. p. 72. ISBN 0-19-280058-2.

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[bhs-2] ""St. Brendan the Elder of Birr", Birr Historical Society". Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

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[farmer-4] Farmer, David Hugh (1997). The Oxford dictionary of saints (4th ed.). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press. p. 72. ISBN 0-19-280058-2.

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