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	Biography of Saint Dunstan
		Dunstan was born on an estate in Baltonsborough, England and attends school as a youth at the Glastonbury Abbey.
		Dunstan was forced to leave England in 956 and sought refuge at the monastery of St. Peter’s in Blandinium in Belgium.
		In 959 Dunstan was elected Archbishop of Canterbury.
	www.stdunstansparish.ca /BioofStDunstan/biographyofsaint.html (561 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of May 19
		The relics of Bishop Cyril are enshrined in the abbey church of Saint Matthias in Trier, Germany (Benedictines).
		Dunstan hesitated for some time and nearly got married, but after recovering from a skin condition he believed to be leprosy, he received the habit (in 934) and holy orders from his uncle the same day as Saint Ethelwold circa 939.
		In 1284, Saint Ivo was ordained to the priesthood.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0519.htm (3658 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Dunstan
		While Dunstan was living thus at Glastonbury he became the trusted adviser of the Lady Aethelflaed, King Aethelstan's niece, and at her death found himself in control of all her great wealth, which he used in later life to foster and encourage the monastic revival.
		Dunstan's first care was to reerect the church of St. Peter, rebuild the cloister, and re-establish the monastic enclosure.
		The monks of Glastonbury used to claim that during the sack of Canterbury by the Danes in 1012, the saint's body had been carried for safety to their abbey; but this claim was disproved by Archbishop Warham, by whom the tomb at Canterbury was opened in 1508 and the holy relics found.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05199a.htm (3047 words)

	Saint Dunstan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Dunstan was born 909 in Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, England to a family with royal connections.
		He became a monk in 943 and hermit and served as advisor to King Edwy until he reproached the king on his profligate sexual ways - which caused the Dunstan to be exiled.
		He was said to have been an expert craftsman and an expert goldsmith and metal-worker (which in those days was synonymous with arms making) and thus he came to be known as the patron saint of armorers.
	www.frfrogspad.com /dunstan.htm (115 words)

	Dunstan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dunstan (909–May 19, 988) was an Archbishop of Canterbury (961–980) who was later canonized as a saint.
		He functions as the patron saint of goldsmiths, and himself worked as a flsmith, painter, and jeweller.
		From this the tongs have become a symbol of St Dunstan and are featured in the arms of Tower Hamlets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dunstan (500 words)

	St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, Succasunna, New Jersey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Dunstan, for whom our parish has been named was born about 909 in or near the small village of Baltonsborough, which lies five miles from the ancient shrine of Glastonbury.
		Dunstan was trained in his youth in the skills as a flsmith as well as in the classics.
		The cult of "Saint" Dunstan had begun while he was still alive due to the quality of his life, but within 10 years of his death he was beginning to be recognized as a saint due to miracles as well.
	www.dioceseofnewark.org /stdunstan-succasunna/stdunstan_bio.htm (1137 words)

	Saint Dunstan of Canterbury — Archbishop, Statesman and Monastic Reformer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Dunstan had his eyes on marriage, but he became afflicted with a skin disease which he feared was leprosy, and when he recovered he acted upon his relative's suggestion and was tonsured.
		Dunstan found refuge in a monastery in Ghent, where he scarcely had time to observe the reformed type of continental monasticism before he was recalled to England by Eadwig's half-brother Edgar ("the Peaceable", 959-75), who had been elected ruler by the Mercians and Northumbrians.
		Dunstan himself composed the rite, shifting the emphasis from the crowing to the anointing, which gave it a sacred character and suggested strong parallels to the consecration of a priest, forging a mystical link with the ancient Hebrews and cementing the relationship between Church and Crown.
	www.roca.org /oa/93/93g.htm (1346 words)

	SAINT DUNSTAN - LoveToKnow Article on SAINT DUNSTAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Having offended the influential ~lfgifu, he was outlawed and compelled to flee to Flanders.
		In the same year Edwig died and Edgar became sole king, Dunstan shared his triumph, and was appointed archbishop of Canterbury.
		Dunstan is of more importance as a lay than as an ecclesiastical statesman.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DU/DUNSTAN_SAINT.htm (383 words)

	St Dunstan biography
		Saint Dunstan is fairly unusual among Anglo-Saxon saints in that we know where, if not precisely when, he was born.
		Dunstan was born in the village of Baltonsborough, Somerset, just a few miles south of Glastonbury, probably about the year 909 or 910.
		Dunstan found shelter at the monastery of Ghent, in modern Belgium, but he was quickly called back to Britain by Edgar, king of Northumbria and Mercia.
	www.britainexpress.com /History/saxon/dunstan.htm (714 words)

	Biography: Dunstan of Canterbury, monk and archbishop (19 May 988) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Dunstan was born near Glastonbury in the southwest of England about the year 909, ten years after the death of King Alfred.
		The coronation service which Dunstan compiled for Edgar is the earliest English coronation service of which the full text survives, and is the basis for all such services since, down to the present.
		Dunstan took an active role in politics under Edgar and his successor Edward, but under the next king, Ethelred, he retired from politics and concentrated on running the Canterbury cathedral school for boys, where he was apparently successful in raising the academic standards while reducing the incidence of corporal punishment.
	elvis.rowan.edu /~kilroy/JEK/05/19.html (466 words)

	Saint Dunstan's University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dunstan's University (SDU) is a former university which was located on the northern outskirts of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
		Catholic women from the province (and the rest of the Maritimes) who were seeking an education were forced to travel to Halifax's Mount Saint Vincent University.
		By the 1960s, the provincial government in Prince Edward Island began a critical study of its post-secondary education institutions (PWC and SDU), concluding that a merger to form a provincial university was the desired funding and service model for future Island students.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Dunstan's_University (346 words)

	The Golden Legend: The Life of Saint Dunstan
		And Saint Dunstan's father hight Herston, and his mother hight Quendred, and they set their son Dunstan to school in the abbey of Glastonbury, whereafter he was abbot for his holy living.
		Saint Dunstan and Saint Ethelwold were both made priests in one day, and he was holy in contemplation.
		And whenso was that Saint Dunstan was weary of prayer, then used he to work in goldsmith's work with his own hands for to eschew idleness, and he gave alway alms to poor people for the love of God.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/golden198.htm (715 words)

	St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, Succasunna, New Jersey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Dunstan's was started by a group of concerned Episcopalians in November, 1963 who felt the need for a new church to service the rapidly growing western Morris and Eastern Warren counties at the crossroads of state Highway 10,15,46 and 206 and the recently completed sections of interstate Highway 80.
		Saint Dunstan also presented to the church one of the oldest women ever to be ordained as an Episcopal priest.
		One, Sister Suzanne Elizabeth, who is now Mother Superior, used to comment that Saint Dunstan's was the Church where she could put a tack in the wall because we cared more for people than for buildings.
	www.dioceseofnewark.org /stdunstan-succasunna/history.htm (826 words)

	Saint Dunstan - The Livery of St Dunstan
		The Livery of St Dunstan was founded in 1937 by the then Rector, Fr Maurice Child.
		Fr Child was of the view that to serve at the altar is a great privilege and appropriate to young men rather than boys.
		At the invitation of the Rector, on the Feast of Christ the King and on St Dunstan's Day, the members of the Court serve Mass, maintaining the faith and Rule of the Livery since its foundation.
	www.saintdunstan.org.uk /section/2 (324 words)

	SI AHHP: SPN: Spring 1995
		Thirty-three of the thirty-six late 19th century limestone statues of Saints along the north facade of the Abbey were being recarved due to environmental deterioration.
		The contract for the restoration of St. Dunstan was awarded in July 1980 to Constantine Seferlis, a stonecarver at the National Cathedral.
		Dunstan, one of the most enlightened men of his time, was born circa 910 A.D..near Glastonbury, England, where he received a monastic education.
	www.si.edu /oahp/spq/spn96s2.htm (788 words)

	Fifth Business - Emily Cho
		Dunstan tries to gain wisdom without "wearing either the pink spectacles of faith or the green spectacles of science" and concludes that "faith [is] a psychological reality, and that where it was not invited to fasten itself on things unseen, it [invades] and [raises] bloody hell with things seen"
		Dunstan Ramsay finds in the simplicity of the lives of the saints, in their perception of life as a pure channel of love, a form of escape from the rigid beliefs of his parents.
		Dunstan finally understands from Liesl that, crushed by the guilt he carries with him, he is "not very human." Even in Calvinism, the cruelty of life can be endured because there is compromise with oneself.
	www.geocities.com /echomyst/literature/fifth_business.html (3558 words)

	St Dunstan-in-the-West - History
		Dunstan was one of the foremost Saints of Anglo-Saxon England: he was also one of the most venerated before the cult of St. Thomas Becket took hold of the popular imagination.
		Dunstan became a companion to King Aethelstan’s stepbrothers, Edmund and Eadred, although he was banished after the king died in 939.
		Dunstan sought peace with the Danes and promoted monastic living, as well as establishing the library at Canterbury Cathedral, where he was buried in 988.
	www.stdunstaninthewest.org /Page3History.htm (1181 words)

	Mayfield Sussex - (Saint Dunstan and the Devil) - an English Village (UK)
		The saint, formerly a flsmith was working at his forge when the Devil paid him a visit, disguised as a beautiful woman, with a view to leading him astray.
		The importance of the iron industry in the area is seen again inside the church, where 2 cast iron tomb slabs are set in the floor of the nave.
		Dunstan became Archbishop of Canterbury from 960 - 988, and is credited with founding Mayfield Palace near the church.
	www.villagenet.co.uk /esussex-iron/villages/mayfield.php (857 words)

	Saints - Dunstan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Saint Dunstan grew up under the influence of a special role model - his uncle was the Archbishop of Canterbury.
		Dunstan, knowing the value of the monastic life, took it upon himself to reestablish monasteries and interest in the monastic life throughout England.
		Continuing his mission work, Saint Dunstan established many new churches and revived the arts of illuminating Church manuscripts, devotional metalworks, and hymnal music.
	www.scborromeo.org /saints/dunstan.htm (126 words)

	Paul Martin Wedding Photography - Saint Dunstan's Catholic Church
		Saint Dunstan's Catholic Church is conveniently situated in Cranford Park, easily accessable off the roundabout at Junction 2 of the M4, on the Parkway, Hayes
		Saint Dunstan's is a very unique and attractive old Catholic Church.
		As you one may appreciate from the churches website, Saint Dunstan's is full of character....lots of beautiful figurines and stain galss windows.
	www.pmjphotography.co.uk /cgi-bin/show_location.pl?id=144 (465 words)

	Saint Dunstan - St Dunstan's, Cranford Park
		St Dunstan's is the Parish Church of Cranford.
		St Dunstan's is also mentioned in the Domesday Book, as is the fact that a virgate of land (about 30 acres) was held for the maintenance of the priest who served at the church prior to the Norman conquest.
		The wall painting at St Dunstan's (in need of conservation) This has been dated to the 15th Century.
	www.saintdunstan.org.uk /section/4 (327 words)

	EBK: St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		St. Dunstan was the son of a West Saxon noble, named Heorstan, and his wife, Cunethrith.
		Soon after, he became the treasurer and chief adviser of King Edred and the Queen-mother; but powerful enemies drove him from the Court of King Edwig All-Fair and he was obliged to take refuge in Flanders until the accession of Edgar the Peacemaker, who recalled him and made him his chief minister.
		Amongst all those who have directed the government of the State whilst holding the highest office in the Church, Dunstan is entitled to a place of honour.
	www.earlybritishkingdoms.com /adversaries/bios/dunstan.html (338 words)

	SAINT DUNSTAN (924 or ... - Online Information article about SAINT DUNSTAN (924 or ...
		The new king at once recalled Dunstan, who was made a bishop.
		Ethelred in 979 Dunstan's public career came to an end.
		He retired to Canterbury, and died on the 19th of May 988.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /DRO_ECG/DUNSTAN_SAINT_924_or_925_g88_.html (583 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Dunstan, Saint
		The verse couplet which accompanies the drawing is a plea by Dunstan for salvation, and it is generally believed that he is also responsible for the picture.
		Dunstan's cult quickly spread throughout England, and this popularity continued into the twelfth century when lives were written by Osbern and Eadmer of Canterbury, and William of Malmesbury.
		Even allowing for partiality in the lives, it is evident that Dunstan was a driving force behind the Benedictine reform movement, and made a distinctive contribution to the intellectual revival of the English Church in the tenth century.
	www.litencyc.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1355 (647 words)

	Free Essays on Fifth Business
		Dunstan’s study of saints becomes his passion and he later travels around the world in search of information about several living saints.
		According to Dunstan, she is considered a fool-saint because she performed three miracles, but without being aware of it.
		During a fight between Lisel and Dunstan, Dustan twists her nose, reliving the story of Saint Dunstan where he twisted the devil’s nose when he came to tempt him in the form of a beautiful woman.
	www.123student.com /4060.htm (680 words)

	St. Dunstan's Parish (Episcopal Church), Shoreline-Seattle, Washington
		It is currently at Saint Dunstan's Church until further notice.
		This service is at Saint Dunstan's Church, 722 North 145th Street, on the Shoreline and Seattle city limits.
		Dunstan's of the Highlands Parish, Inc., Shoreline, Wa.
	olympia.anglican.org /churches/B/stdunstan (665 words)

	Saint Dunstan and the Devil
		Dunstan agreed to make the Devil's shoes, but instead he lashed the Devil to the anvil and furiously beat him with his hammer.
		Dunstan made the Devil promise never to visit a door where a horseshoe hung.
		He did not remain a simple flsmith, but became the Archbishop of Canterbury and was made a saint after his death.
	www.llyric11.angelcities.com /Sdunstan.html (157 words)

	St. Dunstan's Plainsong Psalter
		Saint Dunstan's Plainsong Psalter was produced jointly by Western Rite Orthodox and traditional Anglican scholars and editors, and it may also be of interest to Roman Catholics (especially of the "Anglican Use") as well as by Protestants who appreciate the classic English biblical texts and the plainchant tradition.
		"Saint Dunstan's Plainsong Psalter is a handsomely published volume of quite traditional materials: the time-honored Coverdale psalter, canticles, preces and suffrages – everything necessary to chant the Daily Office in traditional language and plainchant.
		Perusal of this book unearths a number of real gems: tones and instructions for chanting the lessons and the collects of the office, many rare but beautiful psalm tones in simple and solemn forms, historical and practical text chapters, ornate invitatory antiphons, the traditional Marian anthems to conclude the office.
	www.andrewespress.com /dunstan.html (803 words)

	[Jewelry making - Article 00721] - Re: [Orchid] [Trivia] Patron Saint
		I quote: "St. Dunstan St. Dunstan was born near Glastonbury early in the tenth century and lived during a period of monastic revival after the defeat of the Danes.
		Possibly this gave rise to the legend of his meeting with the devil, whose nose he is said to have seized with a pair of tongs.
		Dunstan was made Abbot of Glastonbury in 940 and from 960 when he became Archbishop of Canterbury, he exercised great influence over King Edgar and his court.
	www.ganoksin.com /orchid/archive/200402/msg00721.htm (1311 words)

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