'''Dunstan''', (909 – 988) English cleric and scholar, later abbot, bishop and archbishop, was [[England]]’s most revered [[saint]] until the canonisation of [[Thomas Becket]] in the twelfth century. There has been some discussion on the year of his birth, however the [[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]] states baldly at the end of its entry for AD 909i: “St. Dunstan was born.” | '''Dunstan''', (909 – 988) English cleric and scholar, later abbot, bishop and archbishop, was [[England]]’s most revered [[saint]] until the canonisation of [[Thomas Becket]] in the twelfth century. There has been some discussion on the year of his birth, however the [[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]] states baldly at the end of its entry for AD 909i: “St. Dunstan was born.” |