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Stained Glass Window of Saint Dunstan Artist Unknown Saint DunstanS Chapel Leicester Cathedral Leicester England
Stained Glass Window of Saint Dunstan Artist Unknown Saint DunstanS Chapel Leicester Cathedral Leicester England

Saint Dunstan of Canterbury

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

May 19

Died

May 19, 988

Canonized

1029 by Pope John XIX

Biography

Saint Dunstan of Canterbury, also known as Dunstan, was born in 909 in Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, England. He was the son of Heorstan, a Wessex nobleman, and the nephew of Saint Athelm. Dunstan was also related to Saint Alphege of Winchester. From a young age, Dunstan displayed great intelligence and a passion for learning. Dunstan's education began at Glastonbury Abbey, where he was taught by Irish monks....