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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: 900 births, 902 births, 903 births, 904 births, 905 births, 906 births, 907 births, 908 births, 909 births, Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Dunstan, AEthelwold of Winchester, Constantine VII, Gero, Parantaka I, Adikavi Pampa, Abu al-Misk Kafur, Rudesind, AElfweard of Wessex, Ahmad I bin Mohammed, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, John of Gorze, Ab -T hir Al-Jann b, Emperor Taizong of Liao, Nicodemus of Mammola, V caspati Mi ra, Eadgifu of Wessex, Rasso, Berengar II of Italy, Ramiro II of Leon, Adaldag, Ab Ja'far al-Kh zin, Ar-Radi, Conrad of Constance, Majolus of Cluny, Mord Fiddle, Amr II, Berthold, Duke of Bavaria, Ibrahim ibn Sinan, Emperor Taizu of Later Zhou, Bertha of Swabia, Kiyohara no Motosuke, Ramwod, Fujiwara no Atsutada, Fujiwara no Morosuke, Fujiwara no Saneyori. Excerpt: Dunstan (909 - 19 May 988) was an Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, a Bishop of Worcester, a Bishop of London, and an Archbishop of Canterbury, later canonised as a saint. His work restored monastic life in England and reformed the English Church. His 11th-century biographer, Osbern, himself an artist and scribe, states that Dunstan was skilled in "making a picture and forming letters," as were other clergy of his age who reached senior rank. Dunstan served as an important minister of state to several English kings. He was the most popular saint in England for nearly two centuries, having gained fame for the many stories of his greatness, not least among which were those concerning his famed cunning in defeating the Devil. Dunstan was born in Baltonsborough. He was the son of Heorstan, a noble of Wessex. Heorstan was the brother of the bishops of Wells and of Winchester. It is recorded that his mother, Cynethryth, was a pious woman. Osbern relates that a messenger miraculously told her of the saintly child she would give birth to: The anonymous author o.
