Even before he was born, St Dunstan was marked out to lead the English Church and nation to more peaceful times.

A February celebration for which the faithful have brought candles to church since Anglo-Saxon times.

Edith left behind her a distraught Archbishop Dunstan, but also a legacy of love for the suffering.

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.

Edith of Wilton may have been the daughter of King, but she did not behave like one in the Abbey or the town.