Editing Dunstan (section)

==Legacy==
Until [[Thomas Becket]]'s fame overshadowed Dunstan's, he was the favourite saint of the English people. Dunstan had been buried in his [[Canterbury Cathedral|cathedral]]. In 1180 his relics were translated to a tomb on the south side of the high altar, when that building was restored after being partially destroyed by a fire in 1174.<ref>{{citation|first=G. H.|last=Cook|title=Portrait of Canterbury Cathedral|publisher=Phoenix House|location=London|year=1949}} pp 22–23.</ref>

The monks of Glastonbury used to claim that during the sack of Canterbury by the [[Viking|Danes]] in 1012, Dunstan's body had been carried for safety to their abbey. This story was disproved by Archbishop [[William Warham]], who opened the tomb at Canterbury in 1508. They found Dunstan's relics still to be there. However, his shrine was destroyed during the [[English Reformation]].

===Patronage and feast day===
Dunstan became [[patron saint]] of English [[goldsmith]]s and silversmiths because he worked as a silversmith making church plate. The [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and the [[Roman Catholic Church]] mark his [[Calendar of saints|feast day]] on 19 May.{{sfn|Bunson|Bunson|Bunson|1998|p=}} Dunstan is also honoured in the [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|Church of England]] and in the [[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]] on 19 May.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Calendar|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|access-date=27 March 2021|website=The Church of England|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bEq7DwAAQBAJ |title=Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018 |date=17 December 2019 |publisher=Church Publishing, Inc. |isbn=978-1-64065-235-4 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2023, a [[deanery|pastoral area]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton]] was named in honour of Dunstan.<ref>{{cite web |title=Parishes |url=https://cliftondiocese.com/parishes/ |website=Clifton Diocese |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>

===In literature and folklore===
[[English literature]] contains many references to him: for example, in ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]],{{efn|"Foggier yet, and colder! Piercing, searching, biting cold. If the good Saint Dunstan had but nipped the Evil Spirit's nose with a touch of such weather as that, instead of using his familiar weapons, then, indeed, he would have roared to lusty purpose".{{Sfn|Dickens|1893|p=24}} }} and in this folk rhyme: 
<poem>St Dunstan, as the story goes,
Once pull'd the devil by the nose
With red-hot tongs, which made him roar,
That he was heard three miles or more.{{sfn|Hone|1825|p=670}}</poem>

This [[Folklore|folk]] story is already shown in an [[initial]] in the ''Life of Dunstan'' in the Canterbury ''Passionale'', from the second quarter of the 12th century ([[British Library]], Harley MS 315, f. 15v.).{{sfn|Dunning|2016}}

[[Image:Dunstan and the Devil - Project Gutenberg eText 13978.png|thumbnail|upright=1.2|Dunstan shoeing the Devil's hoof, as illustrated by [[George Cruikshank]]]]
Daniel Anlezark has tentatively suggested that Dunstan may be the medieval author of the poem ''[[Solomon and Saturn]]'', citing the style, word choice, and [[Hiberno-Latin]] used in the texts.{{sfn|Anlezark|2009|p=}} However, Clive Tolley examines this claim from a linguistic point-of-view and disagrees with Anlezark's claim.{{sfn|Tolley|2010|pp=166-168}}

Another story relates how Dunstan nailed a [[horseshoe]] to the Devil's foot when he was asked to re-shoe the Devil's cloven hoof. 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.{{sfn|Lawrence|1899|p=91}}

A further legend relating to Dunstan and the Devil relates to the last frosty nights of the year, said to often occur as late as St Dunstan’s Day, when apple trees are in blossom. On occurring so late, these frosts are known as “Franklin Nights”. The story goes that Dunstan was a great [[Brewing|brewer]] and negotiated an agreement whereby the Devil could blast the blossom of local apple trees with frost, damaging the [[Cider apple|cider]] crop so that Dunstan's own beer would sell more readily.<ref>{{cite web|title=Franklin's Nights|website=Legends of Dartmoor |url= https://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/franklin-nights.htm|access-date=19 May 2022|first=Tim |last=Sandles |date=17 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Weather Eye|website=The Times|url= https://www.thetimes.com/travel/advice/weather-eye-may-19-2003-3p3kqrkdqdl |access-date=4 April 2025|first=Paul |last=Simons |date=19 May 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Franken’s Nights Legend|website=Bonny Green |url=https://www.bonnygreen.uk/franken.html|access-date=4 April 2025|first=Colin |last=Andrew}}</ref>

===An East London saint===
As Bishop of London, Dunstan was also Lord of the [[Stepney#Manor and Ancient Parish|Manor of Stepney]], and may, like subsequent bishops, have lived there. Dunstan is recorded as having founded (or rebuilt<ref>"Medieval London Suburbs", Kevin McDonnell, p136</ref>) [[St Dunstan's, Stepney|Stepney's church]], in 952 AD. This church was dedicated to All Saints, but was rededicated to Dunstan after his [[Canonization|canonisation]] in 1029, making Dunstan the patron saint of Stepney.<ref>The Metropolitan Borough of Stepney Official Guide – 10th Edition – 1961 – Published by Ed J Burrow and Co Ltd p. 29</ref>