Saint Margaret of Hungary
- Memorial
- 18 January
- Profile
- Daughter of King Bela IV of Hungary and Marie Laskaris; grand-daughter of the Byzantine emperor.
When Hungary was freed from the Tatars, her parents had pledged their next child to God.
To keep this promise, Margaret was placed in a Dominican convent at Veszprem at age 3.
She transferred at age ten to the convent of the Blessed Virgin founded by her parents on the Hasen Insel near Buda, where she lived the rest of her life.
At one point her father arranged a marriage for her to King Ottokar II of Bohemia, but she adamently refused.
She took vows at age 18.
Known for severe self-imposed penances, and for kindness to those of lower social station.
The investigation for her canonization lists 27 miracles including healings and a case of awakening from death.
- Born
- 1242
- Died
- 18 January 1271 at Budapest, Hungary;
remains given to the Poor Clares at Pozsony when the Dominican Order was dissolved;
most of her relics were destroyed in 1789, but some are still preserved at Gran, Gyor, Pannonhalma
- Beatified
- 28 July 1789
- Canonized
- 1943 by Pope Pius XII
- Representation
- Dominican holding a lily and a book
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Online
Catholic Encyclopedia, by A Aldasy
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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