The Voyages of Saint Brendan and the Navigatio Tradition
- Date of account
- Text attested from c. 9th century; early modern editions before 1800
- Location
- Irish Atlantic literary geography
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
AI-recalled lead: The Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis recounts Saint Brendan’s legendary Atlantic voyage, including encounters with islands, monstrous or wondrous beings, sacred landscapes and otherworldly signs. Its medieval Latin narrative circulated widely and continued to influence early modern ideas about Atlantic geography and Christian wonder. It is a hagiographic and literary tradition, not a verified expedition log. Comparison may address sacred navigation, marvel literature and mapmaking, while uncertainties concern composition, oral sources, geographic allegory and attempts to identify specific islands with real places.
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