Dunstan |
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Dunstan shoeing the Devil's hoof, as illustrated by George Cruikshank |
Archbishop of Canterbury |
Born | 909, Baltonsborough, Somerset, England |
Died | May 19, 988, Canterbury, England |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion |
Canonized | 1029 |
Major shrine | Canterbury Cathedral (but also claimed by Glastonbury Abbey), both now destroyed |
Feast | May 19 |
Attributes | gold cup; pincers; man holding a pair of smith's tongs; with a dove hovering near him; with a troop of angels before him |
Patronage | armourers; blacksmiths; blind people; Charlottetown, Canada; gold workers; goldsmiths; jewellers; lighthouse keepers; locksmiths; musicians; silver workers; silversmiths; swordsmiths |