St. Brendan the Navigator Sterling Silver Medal

St. Brendan the Navigator is known as the patron saint of sailors and the United States Navy. He is the patron of those who is afraid because he himself was fearless in setting out into uncharted water and in uncertain circumstances. St Brendan was an Irish monk who died c. 575. He wrote the eighth-century tale 'The Voyage of St. Brendan the Abbot', which describes a voyage undertaken by the saint in search of a wonderful island in the ocean, the 'Land of Promise'.