Saint Margaret of Louvain
- Also known as
- Marguerite la Fiere
- Memorial
- 2 September
- Profile
- Worked as a teenage maid at inn in Louvain owned by a relative named Aubert.
Aubert and his wife eventually sold the inn, each planning to enter religious life; Margaret planned to become a Cistercian nun.
On their last night in the inn, thieves broke in and killed the erstwhile owners while Margaret was out.
She came home as they were leaving, she was murdered, too.
Devotion developed after miracles occurred near her original gravesite beside the river.
- Born
- 1207 at Louvain, Brabant, Belgium
- Died
- throat cut in 1225;
body thrown into the river Deel by her killers;
initially buried along the river bank;
later transferred to Saint Peter's Church, Louvain, Belgium;
many miracles reported at her tomb
- Canonized
- 1905 (cultus confirmed)
- Patronage
- martyrs
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