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 …

Dunstan has been called the reviver of monasticism in England. He was a noted musician, played the harp, composed several hymns, notably Kyrie Rex splendens, was a skilled metal worker, and …

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 …

Dunstan (909 – 19 May 988) was an abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, a bishop of Worcester, a bishop of London, and an archbishop of Canterbury, later canonized as a saint. His work restored monastic life …

The life of St. Dunstan, advisor to Anglo-Saxon kings and leader of scholarly and monastic reform in 10th century England.

In a time of great social, moral, and spiritual decline, Saint Dunstan arose as a restorer of the spiritual life – especially the monastic way of life in England, a life centered on the chanting of the holy …

St. Dunstan is one of the foundational saints for the English Church; many of England’s oldest churches are named after him and, throughout the centuries, the British people have written many stories …

Saint Dunstan, one of the greatest saints of the Anglo-Saxon Church, was an English monk from the town of Glastonbury. After serving the king, he joined the monastery of Glastonbury, where he …

Saint Dunstan was canonized by Pope John XIX in 1029. He is widely venerated as a patron saint of various professions, including armourers, blacksmiths, gold workers, jewellers, musicians, and …

Probably his birth dates from about the earliest years of the tenth century. In early youth Dunstan was brought by his father and committed to the care of the Irish scholars, who then frequented the …