Saint Margaret
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Saint Margaret may refer to:
People
- Saint Margaret the VirginMargaret the VirginMargaret the Virgin, also known as Margaret of Antioch , virgin and martyr, is celebrated as a saint by the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches on July 20; and on July 17 in the Orthodox Church. Her historical existence has been questioned; she was declared apocryphal by Pope Gelasius I in 494,...
of Antioch (died 304 AD) - Saint Margaret of ScotlandSaint Margaret of ScotlandSaint Margaret of Scotland , also known as Margaret of Wessex and Queen Margaret of Scotland, was an English princess of the House of Wessex. Born in exile in Hungary, she was the sister of Edgar Ætheling, the short-ruling and uncrowned Anglo-Saxon King of England...
(1045-1093) - Saint Margaret of EnglandSaint Margaret of EnglandSaint Margaret of England, O.Cist., was born in Hungary to an Englishwoman who was related to St. Thomas Beckett, the murdered Archbishop of Canterbury....
(died 1192) - Saint Margaret of HungarySaint Margaret of HungarySaint Margaret was a nun and the daughter of King Béla IV and Maria Laskarina. She was the niece of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and the younger sister of Saint Kinga and Blessed Yolanda.-Early life:...
(1242–1271) - Saint Margaret of CortonaMargaret of CortonaSaint Margaret of Cortona, T.O.S.F., was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of St. Francis. She was born in Laviano, near Perugia, and died in Cortona...
(1247-1297) - Saint Margaret the BarefootedMargaret the BarefootedMargaret the Barefooted was born into a poor family in San Severino, Italy. She was abused by her husband for years because of her dedication to the Church and to helping the poor and sick. She walked barefooted as a beggar to better associate herself with the poor. She died widowed in 1395 of...
(1325-1395) - Saint Margaret ClitherowMargaret ClitherowSaint Margaret Clitherow is an English saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. She is sometimes called "the Pearl of York".-Life:...
(1556-1586) - Saint Margaret WardMargaret WardSaint Margaret Ward was an English Catholic martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I for helping a priest to escape from prison. Her date of birth is unknown, but she was born in Congleton, Cheshire....
(died 1588) - Saint Marguerite Marie AlacoqueMarguerite Marie AlacoqueMarguerite Marie Alacoque or Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French Roman Catholic nun and mystic, who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form.-Early life:...
(1647-1690) - Saint Teresa Margaret of the Sacred HeartSaint Teresa Margaret of the Sacred HeartSaint Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart was born Anna Maria Redi to a large noble family in Arezzo, Italy. She was the daughter of Count Ignatius Redi and Camilla Billeti . After attending the boarding school of the Benedictine nuns of St...
(1747-1770)
Places
- St Margaret's Bus Station, Leicester, England
- Saint Margaret Island (Victoria)Saint Margaret Island (Victoria)Saint Margaret Island is an island in Corner Inlet, Victoria, Australia. It lies at the eastern end of the Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Park, close to Ninety Mile Beach....
, Australia - St Margaret-at-CliffeSt Margaret-at-CliffeSt Margaret-at-Cliffe is a three part village situated just off the coast road between Deal and Dover in Kent, England. The heart of the village is about two miles from the sea with the residential area of Nelson Park further inland and St Margaret's Bay situated along and below the cliffs north...
, Kent, UK - St. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia
- Santa Margherita LigureSanta Margherita Ligurethumb|250px|Villa Durazzo.Santa Margherita Ligure is a comune in the province of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 35 km southeast of Genoa, in the Tigullio traditional area.left|220px|thumb|16th century castle....
, Italy
Schools
- St. Margaret's Episcopal SchoolSt. Margaret's Episcopal SchoolSt. Margaret's Episcopal School, or SMES, is a private, preK-12 college preparatory school located in California, United States.The mission of St. Margaret's Episcopal School is to "educate the hearts and minds of young people for lives of learning, leadership and service."-History:St. Margaret's...
, a private college preparatory school located in California - St. Margaret's Junior College, a private women's junior college in Tokyo
- St. Margaret's School, an independent all-girls school in British Columbia, Canada www.stmarg.ca
- St. Margaret's C of E High School, LiverpoolSt. Margaret's C of E High School, LiverpoolSMA are currently part of the gaming company Inter-School Visions, along with fellow Liverpool secondary schools St Hilda's Church of England High School, Shorefields Technology College, St Benedict's College and Parklands High School. They have now created Streets of Culture 08: The Liver...
, an all boys' school in South Liverpool, UK
See also
- Margaret (disambiguation)
- Sainte-Marguerite (disambiguation)
- Society of Saint MargaretSociety of Saint MargaretThe Society of Saint Margaret is an order of women in the Anglican Church. The Sisters of St. Margaret were founded in 1855 by Dr. John Mason Neale at Rotherfield, England. As their numbers increased, they moved into their first convent, Saint Margaret's in East Grinstead, Sussex...
, order of women in the Anglican Church - St Margarets (disambiguation)