St. Brendan 12 kt Gold-Filled Medal

St. Brendan 12 kt Gold-Filled Medal 3/4in.
Item Number: 5457	Purchase Information Your Price: $39.50 Select Qty: Availability: Usually leaves our store within 3-5 Business Days

Large

Product Details
H x W:	0 3/4" (1.90 cm) x 0 3/4" (1.90 cm)

Our Description

This round 12kt. gold-filled St. Brendan medal is 3/4in. in diameter. It depicts St. Brendan holding a cross and a ship. St. Brendan is the patron of boatmen, mariners and travelers, as well as whales. The medal comes with an 18in. gold plated brass chain in a deluxe gift box.

This item comes with a lifetime guarantee. If it ever breaks or tarnishes just send it back for repair or replacement. This guarantee takes precedence over our standard return policy.

St. Brendan

Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 05/16
Tridentine Calendar - 05/16
Roman Rite Calendar - 05/16

Patron Of: Boatmen, Ireland, Mariners, Navigators, Sailors, Seafarers, Travelers, Yachtsmen

Brother of Saint Briga. Monk. Educated by Saint Ita of Killeedy and Saint Erc of Kerry. Friend of Saint Columba and Saint Brendan of Birr, Saint Brigid, and Saint Enda of Arran. Ordained in 512. Built monastic cells at Ardfert, Shankeel, Aleth, Plouaret, Inchquin Island, and Annaghdown. Founded Clonfert monastery and monastic school c.559. Legend says that this community had at least three thousand monks, and that their rule was dictated to Brendan by an angel.

Brendan and his brothers figure in Brendan's Voyage, a tale of monks travelingtravelling the high seas of the Atlantic, evangelizing to the islands, possibly reaching the Americas in the 6th century. At one point they stop on a small island, celebrate Easter Mass, light a fire - and then learn the island is an enormous whale!

Born - 460 at Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Died - c.577 at Annaghdown (Enach Duin); buried at Clonfert, Ireland

All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

Other Customers Also Purchased