American Catholic Historica Association
Published: 2018-02-11
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Excerpt from The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 6: January, 1921 It will not be necessary, for our purpose, to tell in full the story of the upbringing and growth in holiness of the young Brendan, however full of interest and edifying that might be. One of the Latin lives of the saint begins in the following poetic manner: There was a man of venerable life, Brendan by name, who, like the glowing dawn, dispelled the darkness of sin from the hearts of many, and afforded an infallible guidance to the port of salvation for those who were wandering in the sea of Vice.12 According to some of our sources, Brendan was baptized at what is now called Tubber na molt, the wedders' well, in the town land of Tubrid, not far from Ardfert. According to the life of St. Kiaran,13 Mobhi was the first name given to the boy by his parents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.