Address of St Dunstan-in-the-West

Geographic Location: Lat: 51.5143; Long: -0.11038 - GeoTag: GB-LND

 St Dunstan-in-the-West 

St Dunstan-in-the-West is an Ecclesiastical or Religious Site managed as a Tourist or Visitor Attraction by an Independent/Unknown Organisation and is located in or near Inner Temple and Fleet Street, England.

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St. Dunstan-in-the-West Church has a long and illustrious history. St. Dunstan’s differs in appearance and style to other Anglican churches, looking traditionally Neo-Gothic on the outside, yet octagonal inside.

Saint Dunstan was one of the foremost Saints of Anglo-Saxon England: he was also one of the most venerated before the cult of St. Thomas Becket. He was born in 909 A.D. and was taught by Irish monks at Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset, where he developed a reputation as a formidable scholar. He also learned metalworking, and was later adopted as the patron Saint of Goldsmiths.

Dunstan then became a companion to King Aethelstan’s stepbrothers, Edmund and Eadred, although he was banished after the king died in 939. He lived at Glastonbury as a hermit, before being appointed Abbot there in 945. He was appointed as the Bishop of Worcester and then the Bishop of London, before being elected Archbishop of Canterbury in 960. Dunstan sought peace with the Danes and promoted monastic living, as well as establishing the library at Canterbury Cathedral, where he was buried in 988. St. Dunstan’s Day is the 19th May, and is still celebrated at this church. 

 

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