# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brendan-the-navigator
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:51:45.621Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brendan-the-navigator"
name: "Brendan the Navigator"
slug: "brendan-the-navigator"
description: "Brendan of Clonfert is one of the early Irish monastic saints and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. He is also referred to as Brendan the Navigator, Brendan the Voyager, Brendan the Anchorite, and Brendan the Bold. The Irish form of his name is Naomh Bréanainn or Naomh Breandán. He is mainly known for his legendary voyage to find the \"Isle of the Blessed\" which is sometimes referred to as \"Saint Brendan’s Island\". The written narrative of his journey comes from the immram Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis."
tagline: "Irish monastic saint"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saint_brendan_german_manuscript.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "486"
deathDate: "577"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.75
  momentum:             0.5261311820413889
  historical:           21.39521333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankti_Brendan"
    title: "Sankti Brendan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendanus_die_Navigator"
    title: "Brendanus die Navigator"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بريندان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بريندان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Брендан Клонфертски"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan"
    title: "Brendan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandan_de_Conflert"
    title: "Brandan de Conflert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svat%C3%BD_Brendan"
    title: "Svatý Brendan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_S%C3%B8fareren"
    title: "Brendan Søfareren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_der_Reisende"
    title: "Brendan der Reisende"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_the_Navigator"
    title: "Brendan the Navigator"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan"
    title: "Brendan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand%C3%A1n"
    title: "Brandán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Clonfertekoa"
    title: "Brendan Clonfertekoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "برندان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan"
    title: "Brendan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan"
    title: "Brendan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Brendan"
    title: "Saint Brendan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandaan_fan_Clonfert"
    title: "Brandaan fan Clonfert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomh_Breand%C3%A1n"
    title: "Naomh Breandán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomh_Brianann"
    title: "Naomh Brianann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand%C3%A1n"
    title: "Brandán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%98"
    title: "ברנדן מקלונפרט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szent_Brandanus"
    title: "Szent Brandanus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_dari_Clonfert"
    title: "Brendan dari Clonfert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208961"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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