 Although Dunstan managed to escape , he saw that his life was in danger . He fled England and crossed the channel to Flanders , where he found himself ignorant of the language and of the customs of the locals . The count of Flanders , Arnulf I , received him with honour and lodged him in the Abbey of Mont Blandin , near Ghent . This was one of the centres of the Benedictine revival in that country , and Dunstan was able for the first time to observe the strict observance that had seen its rebirth at Cluny at the beginning of the century . His exile was not of long duration . Before the end of 957 , the Mercians and Northumbrians revolted and drove out Eadwig , choosing his brother Edgar as king of the country north of the Thames . The south remained faithful to Eadwig . At once Edgar 's advisers recalled Dunstan . On his return , the archbishop consecrated Dunstan a bishop and , on the death of <unk> of Worcester at the end of 957 , Oda appointed Dunstan to that see . 
