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Marghanita's Name Day
16th November |
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Symbols are often associated with Saints, it often helped in the middle ages when people were unable to read thus Margaret has the following symbols associated
Historically Famous MarghanitasPerhaps the most attractive St Margaret was the gentle and strong-willed English woman of noble birth who escaped to Scotland after William the Conqueror defeated the English royal house. She married Malcolm, the rather brutal King of Scotland, and bore him several children. Her personal influence affected the Scottish court for good, and she also persuaded the Church to conform to Western disciplines. She and her husband founded Dunfermline Abbey and one of her sons, David, was to become both a king and a saint. . St Margaret of Antioch, although the legend of her martyrdom is probably a romantic tale, it is very similar to that of Catherine |