# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brendan-of-birr
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:32:11.645Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brendan-of-birr"
name: "Brendan of Birr"
slug: "brendan-of-birr"
description: "Brendan of Birr 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. He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland, a friend and disciple of Columba."
tagline: "Irish abbot and monastic saint"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Birr_St._Brendan's_Church_St._Brendan_Window_2010_09_10.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "500"
deathDate: "573"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.11
  momentum:             4.698795180722891
  historical:           11.812168
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Брендан Биррский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "بريندان بير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_von_Birr"
    title: "Brendan von Birr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_of_Birr"
    title: "Brendan of Birr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand%C3%A1n_de_Birr"
    title: "Brandán de Birr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_de_Birr"
    title: "Brendan de Birr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_mac_Nemainn"
    title: "Brendan mac Nemainn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand%C3%A1n_de_Birr"
    title: "Brandán de Birr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_dari_Birr"
    title: "Brendan dari Birr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendano_di_Birr"
    title: "Brendano di Birr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_de_Birr"
    title: "Brendan de Birr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_av_Birr"
    title: "Brendan av Birr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Starszy"
    title: "Brendan Starszy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand%C3%A3o_de_Birr"
    title: "Brandão de Birr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250370"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump