Saint Margaret the Barefooted

Memorial: 27 August
Profile: Born poor. Married at 15 to an Italian gentleman, and abused for years by her husband for her attachment to the Church and her perceived ministry to the poor. She gave up shoes, dressed and appeared as a beggar to better associate herself with the poor. Widowed.
Born: 1325 at San Severino, Italy
Died: 1395 of natural causes
Patronage: brides
difficult marriages
victims of abuse
widows
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