Who is Padre Ignacio Blazon? What does Dunstan learn from him?

Padre Blazon is a member of the Jesuit Bollandistes, the group who welcomes and aids Dunstan in his European saint research. Though equally intellectual, Blazon also possesses a wicked wit and a transgressive streak. Many priests consider him eccentric, but his sense of a personal mythology is extremely important to Dunstan's development. Overall, he is the first mentor to lead Dunstan to explore his inner contradictions and ultimately his darker impulses. The deal was that Dunstan pays for fancy dinneres and the father tells Dunstan everything he wants to know about saints.