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Santa Margarita María de Alacoque

St Marguerite-Marie Alacoque

Floods / Margaret of Hungary, 1242–1271, Feast Day: January 18 A princess whose parents promised her to God in thanks for stopping an enemy invasion, Margaret refused to leave the convent where she was placed. As an act of penance, she refused to wash and tended the hopelessly ill. Her father built her a convent…

Today, 16 November, is the feast of St Margaret of Scotland (c.1045-93), who was queen to King Malcolm of Scotland. St Margaret was canonized in the year 1250 by Pope Innocent IV on account of her personal holiness and fidelity to the Church. She would personally serve orphans and the poor every day before she herself would eat, and would rise at midnight to attend church services every night. This gorgeous precious marble statue of the saint is in the Jesuit church at Farm Street in London.

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October 16: St Margaret Mary Alacoque