..."an invisible hand on his back supported him as he clung to the cliff-face, and prevented him slipping backwards"

Many legends of miracles border on the bizarre, strange, sensational, even sinister. This is a pretty spectacular miracle with a very unpleasant setting - there are not a lot of safe places to land on your freefall way down the cliffs at Dover, especially if you've been pushed - but the miraculous survival bears out Dunstan's longstanding reputation for goodness and gentleness, and a certain firmness, especially in his dealings with the powerful and political of the day.

Stories of St Dunstan, 6: The Thief and the Cliff by Dr Eleanor Parker, A Clerk of Oxford blog

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