The Voyage of Saint Brendan 1-4
Parker Southern /
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Sānctus Brendānus , fīlius Finlocha nepōtis Altī , dē genere Eogēnī , stāgnī Lēn regiōnis Mumenensium ortus fuit . Erat vir magnae abstinentiae et in virtūtibus clārus , trium mīlium ferē monachōrum pater . Cum esset in suō certāmine , in locō quī dīcitur Saltus Virtūtum Brendānī , contigit ut quīdam patrum ad illum quōdam vespere vēnisset , nōmine Barrindus , nepōs Neil . Cumque interrogātus esset multīs sermōnibus ā praedictō sānctō patre , coepit lacrimāre et sē prostrāre in terram et diūtius permanēre in ōrātiōne . Sānctus Brendānus ērēxit illum dē terrā et ōsculātus est eum , dīcēns : " Pater , cūr trīstitiam habēmus in adventū tuō ? Nōnne ad cōnsōlātiōnem nostram vēnistī ?
Saint
Brendan
,
son
of
Finloch
,
grandson
of
Altus
,
from
the
family
of
Eogenius
,
was
born
in
the
region
of
the
Munster
people
near
lake
Leane
.
He
was
a
man
of
great
virtue
and
clear
in
his
virtues
,
he
was
the
father
of
nearly
three
thousand
monks
.
While
he
was
engaged
in
his
struggle
at
a
place
called
Brendan
'
s
Grove
of
Virtues
,
it
happened
that
one
evening
a
certain
father
named
Barrindus
,
grandson
of
Neill
,
came
to
see
him
.
When
this
father
was
questioned
at
length
by
Brandon
,
he
began
to
weep
,
to
throw
himself
on
the
ground
and
remaining
in
prayer
for
a
long
time
.
Saint
Brendan
pulled
him
up
from
the
ground
and
kissed
him
,
saying
:
"
Father
,
why
do
we
have
sorrow
at
your
coming
?
Have
you
not
come
for
our
consolation
?
"