Margaret the Virgin
Saint (275–304) usually shown with a dragon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Margaret, known as Margaret of Antioch in the West, and as Saint Marina the Great Martyr (Greek: Ἁγία Μαρίνα) in the East, is celebrated as a saint on 20 July in Western Christianity, on 30th of July (Julian calendar) by the Eastern Orthodox Church, and on Epip 23 and Hathor 23 in the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Margaret of Antioch Saint Marina the Great Martyr | |
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Virgin-Martyr and Vanquisher of Demons | |
Born | c. 289 Antioch of Pisidia (modern-day Yalvaç, Isparta, Turkey) |
Died | c. 304 (age 15) |
Feast | 20 July (Roman Catholic Church, Most of Anglicanism,[1]Western Rite Orthodoxy)
17 July (Byzantine Christianity) |
Attributes | slaying a dragon (Western depictions) hammer, defeated demon (Eastern Orthodox depictions) |
Patronage | pregnant women, nurses, peasants, exiles, the falsely accused, the dying, kidney disease, Lowestoft, Queens' College, Cambridge, Sannat and Cospicua |
She was reputed to have promised very powerful indulgences to those who wrote or read her life, or invoked her intercessions; these no doubt helped the spread of her following.[2]
Margaret is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, and is one of the saints Joan of Arc claimed to have spoken with.