Feast Day:
November 16
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Granddaughter of
King Edmund Ironside of
England. Great-niece of Saint
Stephen of Hungary. Born in
Hungary while her family was in
exile due to the
Danish invasion of
England, she still spent much of her youth in the British Isles. While
fleeing the invading
army of William the Conqueror in
1066, her family's ship
wrecked on the
Scottish coast. They were assisted by
King Malcolm III Canmore of
Scotland, whom Margaret
married in
1070.
Queen of
Scotland. They had
eight
children, one of whom as Saint Maud,
wife of Henry I. Margaret founded
abbeys and used her position to work for justice and improved
conditions for the
poor.
Born
c.1045
in
Hungary
Died
16 November
1093 at Edinburgh Castle,
Scotland, four days after her husband and son died in defense of the
castle; buried in front of the high altar at Dunfermline,
Scotland; relics later removed to a nearby shrine; the bulk of her
relics were destroyed in stages during the Protestant Reformation and the
French Revolution
Canonized
1251 by
Pope
Innocent IV
Patronage
death of children,
large families,
learning,
queens,
Scotland,
widows
Representation
queen, often carrying a black cross, dispensing gifts to the
poor
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