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Dunstan - Wikipedia. Dunstan, [a] ( c. 909 – 19 May 988), [2] was an English bishop and Benedictine monk. He was successively Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of London and Archbishop of Canterbury, later canonised. [3] . His work restored monastic life in England and reformed the English Church.
Saint Dunstan of Canterbury (born 924, near Glastonbury, Eng.—died May 19, 988, Canterbury; feast day May 19) was an English abbot, celebrated archbishop of Canterbury, and a chief adviser to the kings of Wessex, who is best known for the major monastic reforms that he effected.
May 18, 2018 · Dunstan, Saint ( c. 909–88) English monk, archbishop of Canterbury (960–88). He negotiated a peace treaty with the Danes that helped to unify England. Dunstan revived English monasticism and acted as advisor to several kings of Wessex, including Edmund and Edred. His feast day is May 19.
Feb 22, 2018 · Dunstan (b. c . 909–d. 988) was a person of central importance in the life of church and state in 10th-century England. He grew up near the ancient shrine of Glastonbury in Somerset and may have been related to the royal family.
Dunstan (d. 988), whose feast is celebrated on 19 May, was a scholar and reformer, but also a craftsman, said to have been a skilled metalworker, painter, embroiderer, musician, and even organ-builder. He was later claimed by goldsmiths, jewellers, and locksmiths as their patron saint.
St. Dunstan was the Archbishop of Canterbury at the tail end of the Viking age (d. 988). He was not only a bishop, but also a teacher, a skilled harpist, a blacksmith, and a bellmaker. An Excerpt from The Saint Dunstan’s Psalter
May 25, 2023 · St Dunstan was a prominent English religious figure during the Anglo-Saxon period and became a significant advisor to many of the kings of Wessex, helping to initiate monastic reforms and influence administrative decisions within the royal household.
St. Dunstan was an important figure in the late Anglo-Saxon church and the political landscape of tenth-century Wessex. Early in his career, he spent time in the courts of King Æthelstan, King Edmund, and King Eadred. He was appointed abbot of Glastonbury in the early 940s and built up the Abbey's endowment.
The English monk and archbishop St. Dunstan (ca. 909-988) was a counselor of kings and a respected churchman. He made the English monasteries into centers of religion and culture. Dunstan was born into an important family near Glastonbury in Somerset.
Archbishop of Canterbury. Patron saint of armourers and gunsmiths. Born 909; Died May 19, 988. Feast Day: May 19. Symbol: smith's tongs, and a dove. Saint Dunstan is fairly unusual among Anglo-Saxon saints in that we know where, if not precisely when, he was born.
