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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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

In its restoration in the tenth century, Dunstan played the leading role. He was born of an upper-class family, and sent to court, where he did not fit in.

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 …

Nov 21, 2025 · Our father among the saints Dunstan of Canterbury (c, 909-d.988) was an Archbishop of Canterbury in Anglo-Saxon England. He actively supported the founding and …

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 …

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 …