Saint Margaret of England
- Also known as
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Margarita of England;
Margherita of England;
Marguerite of England;
Margaret the Englishwoman
- Memorial
- 3 February
- Profile
- English mother, Hungarian father.
Relative of Saint Thomas of Canterbury.
Her mother died while the two were on a lengthy pilgrimage in the holy lands.
Margaret then made solo pilgrimages to Montserrat in Spanish Catalonia, and Puy, France.
Benedictine Cistercian nun at Sauve-Benite, diocese of Puy-en-Velay.
- Born
- in Hungary
- Died
- 1192 at Sauve Benite of natural causes;
her tomb quickly became a point for pilgrimage, and a site of miracles
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