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	Full Name	Saint Dunstan
	Caption	Dunstan in ''The Little Lives of the Saints'', illustrated by Charles Robinson in 1904
	Birth Name	Dunstan
	Began	959
	Term End	988
	Predecessor	Birthelm
	Successor	Æthelgar
	Birth Date	c909 birthplace = Baltonsborough
	Death Date	19 May 988 deathplace = Canterbury

Saint Information

	feast Day	19 May
	venerated In	Eastern Orthodox Church , Roman Catholic Church , Anglican Communion
	attributes	man holding a pair of smith's tongs with a dove hovering near him with a troop of angels before him
	patronage	blacksmiths Charlottetown, Canada goldsmiths locksmiths musicians silversmiths
	major Shrine	Canterbury Cathedral (but also claimed by Glastonbury Abbey ), both Destroyed

	NAME	Dunstan
	ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Saint Dunstan, St Dunstan
	SHORT DESCRIPTION	Archbishop of Canterbury
	DATE OF BIRTH	c 909
	PLACE OF BIRTH	Baltonsborough, England
	DATE OF DEATH	19 May 988
	PLACE OF DEATH	Canterbury, England