St. Margaret of Antioch

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Feastday: July 20
Patron of childbirth, pregnant women, dying people, kidney disease, peasants, exiles, falsely accused people; Lowestoft, England; Queens' College, Cambridge; nurses; Sannat and Bormla, Malta
Died: 304

Martyr of Antioch in Pisidia, sometimes called Marina. She is traditionally believed to be the daughter of a pagan priest who became a Christian. Beautiful, Margaret refused proposals from Olybrius, the local prefect, who imprisoned her and tortured her cruelly. Margaret was eventually beheaded, after being swallowed by a dragon and enduring several other legendary adventures. Margaret is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, and she spoke to St. Joan of Arc. This cult was suppressed.

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RITA FONTENOT
2 years ago
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE NAME OF A FEMALE ST. WHO WAS MARRIED. SHE WAS AN ADVISOR TO A POPE. SHE WAS VERY OBEBIENT TO HER VOWS AND WOULD PUT HER HUSBAND BEFORE THE POPE.
THANK YOU, RITA
maisyn
2 years ago
i chose this saint as my ESSAY TOPIC !:)
Laura
2 years ago
i think I'm going to use marina as my name after st. Margaret :) x
MELISSA M.
2 years ago
I chose this Saint for my Confirmation name, BUT use the form Marina, which I highly prefer.
maggie
3 years ago
I really happy i choose her as my confirmation name. Thats my name and its cool knowing she went through all those punishments and didn't give in to marry him(: this website is a great help
naomi aguilar
3 years ago
aww...im going to choose this name for my confirmation name....my nanas name is Margaret and shes the person who introduced me to going to church and she passed away last year....love this website it was a great help :)
anon
3 years ago
Wow, I chose Margret as my confirmation name without knowing about the whole patron of Death. Cool!
boniface ngaruiya
3 years ago
your web was of great help.looking for the good name for my baby
Mary
4 years ago
I chose Margaret for my Confirmation name after reading about her :)
courtney
4 years ago
i love staint margaret she is great

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