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Even before he was born, St Dunstan was marked out to lead the English Church and nation to more peaceful times.
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By the circle of Andrey Rublev (1408), via the Russian State Museum in St Petersburg and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
A February celebration for which the faithful have brought candles to church since Anglo-Saxon times.
© Derek Harper, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Edith left behind her a distraught Archbishop Dunstan, but also a legacy of love for the suffering.
By Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
King Canute could not believe that his hard-living predecessor Edgar could father a saint.
The way Edith kept tracing little crosses with her thumb made a great impression on Archbishop Dunstan.
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Edith of Wilton may have been the daughter of King, but she did not behave like one in the Abbey or the town.