Navigatio Sancti Brendani 1.1-1.6
Isabella Fantauzzi /
- Created on 2024-11-11 17:14:51
- Modified on 2024-11-18 05:22:38
- Translated by John O'Meara, translation republished 1982
- Aligned by Isabella Fantauzzi
Latin
English
[ 1 ] 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 .
[ 2 ] 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 .
[ 3 ] Cumque interrogātus esset multīs sermōnibus ā praedictō sānctō patre , coepit lacrimāre et sē prostrāre in terram et diūtius permanēre in ōrātiōne .
[ 4 ] Sānctus Brendānus ērēxit illum dē terrā et ōsculātus est eum , dīcēns : " Pater , cūr trīstitiam habēmus in adventū tuō ? Nōnne ad cōnsōlātiōnem nostram vēnistī ?
[ 5 ] Magis laetitiam tū dēbēs frātribus praeparāre . Indicā nōbīs verbum Deī , atque refice animās nostrās dē dīversīs mīrāculīs quae vīdistī in ōceanō . "
[ 6 ] Tunc Sānctus Barrindus , explētīs sermōnibus sānctī Brendānī , coepit nārrāre dē quādam īnsulā , dīcēns :
[ 2 ] 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 .
[ 3 ] Cumque interrogātus esset multīs sermōnibus ā praedictō sānctō patre , coepit lacrimāre et sē prostrāre in terram et diūtius permanēre in ōrātiōne .
[ 4 ] Sānctus Brendānus ērēxit illum dē terrā et ōsculātus est eum , dīcēns : " Pater , cūr trīstitiam habēmus in adventū tuō ? Nōnne ad cōnsōlātiōnem nostram vēnistī ?
[ 5 ] Magis laetitiam tū dēbēs frātribus praeparāre . Indicā nōbīs verbum Deī , atque refice animās nostrās dē dīversīs mīrāculīs quae vīdistī in ōceanō . "
[ 6 ] Tunc Sānctus Barrindus , explētīs sermōnibus sānctī Brendānī , coepit nārrāre dē quādam īnsulā , dīcēns :
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1
]
Saint
Brendan
,
son
of
Findlug
,
descendant
of
Alte
,
was
born
among
the
Eoganacht
of
Loch
Léin
in
the
land
of
the
men
of
Munster
.
He
was
a
man
of
great
abstinence
,
famous
for
his
mighty
works
and
father
of
nearly
three
thousand
monks
.
[ 2 ] When he was fighting the good fight , in a place called Clonfert of Brendan , there arrived one evening one of the fathers whose name was Barrind , a descendant of Niall .
[ 3 ] When this Barrind was plied with many questions by the holy father , he wept , prostrated himself on the ground and stayed a long time praying .
[ 4 ] But Saint Brendan lifted him up from the ground and embraced him , saying : " Father , why should we be sad during your visit ? Did you not come to encourage us ?
[ 5 ] Rather should you give joy to the brothers . Show us the word of God and nourish our souls with the varied wonders that you saw in the ocean . "
[ 6 ] When Saint Brendan had finished his remarks , Saint Barrind began to describe a certain island , saying :
[ 2 ] When he was fighting the good fight , in a place called Clonfert of Brendan , there arrived one evening one of the fathers whose name was Barrind , a descendant of Niall .
[ 3 ] When this Barrind was plied with many questions by the holy father , he wept , prostrated himself on the ground and stayed a long time praying .
[ 4 ] But Saint Brendan lifted him up from the ground and embraced him , saying : " Father , why should we be sad during your visit ? Did you not come to encourage us ?
[ 5 ] Rather should you give joy to the brothers . Show us the word of God and nourish our souls with the varied wonders that you saw in the ocean . "
[ 6 ] When Saint Brendan had finished his remarks , Saint Barrind began to describe a certain island , saying :