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Today, May 16th is:
St. Brendan's Day St. Brendan, who lived in the sixth century, is one of the most
popular Irish saints. In addition to founding a number of monasteries,
including the one at Clonfert in Galway, Ireland, he was alleged to be
the author of Navigatio Brendani, the story
of his journey with a crew of four monks to a land across the ocean
(the tale, however, is thought to have been written in the 10th
century). No one, including St. Brendan himself, knew exactly where he
had been when he returned, but a number of legends concerning the
journey developed over the centuries—one of which claims that he
actually reached the American continent.
In 1977 an Irishman named Tim Severin built a boat out of leather like the one described in Navigatio
and set out to follow St. Brendan’s instructions. After 50 days at sea,
he ended up in Newfoundland, giving credence to the theory that St.
Brendan reached America 1,000 years before COLUMBUS. From Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary |
Quotation of the Day
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John F. Kennedy "According to the ancient Chinese proverb, "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."" from Respectfully Quoted |
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