Saint Dunstan of Canterbury
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- Memorial
- 19 May
- Profile
- Son of Heorstan, a Wessex nobleman.
Nephew of Saint Athelm, and related to Saint Alphege of Winchester.
Educated at Glastonbury by Irish monks.
Hermit.
Monk.
Expert goldsmith, metal-worker, and harpist.
Ordained by Saint Alphege.
Appointed abbot of Glastonbury in 944 by King Edmund.
He rebuilt the abbey, introduced the Benedictine Rule, and established a famous school.
Close advisor to King Eadred and King Eadgar.
Bishop of Worcester, and of London.
Archbishop of Canterbury in 960.
The combination of spiritual authority and political influence made his virtual regent of the kingdom.
Spiritual director of Saint Wulsin.
Reformed church life in 10th century England.
Advisor to King Edwy until he advised the king on his profligate sexual ways - which caused the bishop to be exiled.
In 978, with the acension of King Ethelred the Unready, he retired from political life to Canterbury.
Had the gift of prophecy.
- Born
- 909 at Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, England
- Died
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988 at Canterbury, England of natural causes
entombed in Canterbury
his burial site was lost for years, but rediscovered by Archbishop Washam
destroyed during the Reformation
- Patronage
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armourers
blacksmiths
blind people
Charlottetown, Canada, diocese of
gold workers
goldsmiths
jewellers
lighthouse keepers
locksmiths
musicians
silver workers
silversmiths
swordsmiths
- Representation
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gold cup
pincers
man holding a pair of smith's tongs
with a dove hovering near him
with a troop of angels before him
- Additional Information
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Catholic Encyclopedia
Catholic Online
Christian Biographies, by James Keifer
Columbia Encyclopedia
Ecole Glossary, by Karen Rae Keck
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory
New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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