Dunstan

Saint Dunstan OSB
Archbishop of Canterbury
Possible self-portrait; detail from the Glastonbury Classbook
Installed	959
Term ended	988
Predecessor	Byrhthelm
Successor	Æthelgar
Personal details
Born	c. 909 Baltonsborough, Wessex
Died	19 May 988 (aged about 79) Canterbury, England
Buried	Canterbury Cathedral
Sainthood
Feast day	19 May
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church[1] Anglican Communion
Canonized	1029
Attributes	Man holding a pair of smith's tongs; with a dove hovering near him; with a troop of angels before him
Patronage	Blacksmiths; goldsmiths; locksmiths; musicians; silversmiths; bellringers; Charlottetown, Canada; Stepney
Shrines	Canterbury Cathedral (but also claimed by Glastonbury Abbey), both destroyed

Dunstan,^[a] OSB (c. 909 – 19 May 988)^[2] was an English bishop. 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. His 11th-century biographer Osbern, himself an artist and scribe, states that Dunstan was skilled in "making a picture and forming letters", as were other clergy of his age who reached senior rank.^[4] Dunstan served as an important minister of state to several English kings. He was the most popular saint in England for nearly two centuries, having gained fame for the many stories of his greatness, not least among which were those concerning his famed cunning in defeating the Devil.

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