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From this the tongs have become a symbol of St Dunstan and are featured in the arms of Tower Hamlets.
Another story relates how Dunstan nailed a horseshoe to the Devil's hoof when he was asked to re-shoe the Devil's horse. This caused the Devil great pain, and Dunstan only agreed to remove the shoe and release the Devil after he promised never to enter a place where a horseshoe is over the door. This is claimed as the origin of the lucky horseshoe.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Communion mark his feast day on May 19.[1]
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[edit] References
- , a b c d e f g h i j Bunson; Matthew, Margaret, & Stephen (1998). Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints. Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing. ISBN 0-87973-588-0.
- , a b Alexander, Jonathon (1992). Medieval Illuminators and their Methods of Work. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 9. ISBN 0-30005-689-3.
- , a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa
 "St. Dunstan" in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia.
- , Dunning, Robert (1983). A History of Somerset. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. ISBN 0-85033-461-6.
- , Green, John Richard (1895). History of the English People, Volume I (of 8) Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216. London: MacMillan. ISBN 1434606937.
- , Lapidge, Michael, "Dunstan" in Lapidge et al (eds), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Blackwell, Oxford, 1999. ISBN 0-631-15565-1
- , a b c d St Dunstan. Catholic Online. Catholic Online. Retrieved on July 2007.
- , a b c d e f g h i j k The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church by F. L. Cross (Editor), E. A. Livingstone (Editor) Oxford University Press, USA; 3 edition p.514 (March 13, 1997)
- , a b c d e St Dunstan. Catholic Community - Woking. st-dunstans.org. Retrieved on July 2007.
- , a b Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961 p. 260
- , Hollister, C. Warren (1966). The Making of England p.61. Heath.
- , a b c Churchill, Winston (1966). The Birth of Britain p.134. Dodd, Mead.
- , Schama, Simon (200). A History of Britain I. BBC Books, 65.
- , Biography: St. Dunstan. Mission St. Clare. Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
- , Hone, William; Kyle Grimes, editor. The Every-Day Book. The William Hone BioText,University of Alabama at Birmingham. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
[edit] Further reading
- Dales, Douglas, Dunstan: Saint and Statesman, Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 1988.
- Duckett, Eleanor. Saint Dunstan of Canterbury (1955).
- Dunstan, St. Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 vols. Gale Research, 1998.
- Knowles, David. The Monastic Orders in England (1940; 2d ed. 1963).
- Ramsay, Nigel St Dunstan: his Life, Times, and Cult, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK; Rochester, NY: Boydell Press, 1992.
- Sayles, G. O., The Medieval Foundations of England (1948; 2d ed. 1950).
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| Persondata |
| 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 |
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