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	Saint Margaret the Virgin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Margaret, also known as Margaret of Antioch, virgin and martyr, is celebrated by the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches on July 20.
		According to the legend, she was a native of Antioch, daughter of a pagan priest named Aedesius.
		Margaret is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Margaret_the_Virgin (387 words)

	Saint Margaret the Virgin -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Saint Margaret, also known as Margaret of Antioch, virgin and (One who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion) martyr, was formerly celebrated by the (The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy) Roman Catholic Church on July 20.
		According to the legend, she was a native of (A town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity) Antioch, daughter of a pagan priest named Aedesius.
		Believers consider her a (A saint who is considered to be a defender of some group or nation) patron saint of (The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus) pregnancy.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/saint_margaret_the_virgin.htm (459 words)

	Margaret, St
		Margaret (Known as Marina in the Orthodox faith) was the daughter of a pagan priest in Pisidian Antioch, Asia Minor (modern Turkey).
		Margaret is often depicted as standing on or trampling a dragon, sometimes leading a tamed dragon on a leash.
		Margaret's feast day is July 20th for the Catholic Church (though her cult was officially supressed by the Church in 1969) and July 13th for the Orthodox church.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/m/margaret.html (459 words)

	This is Bradford \| CommuniGate \| St. Margaret of Antioch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Margaret was born in Antioch in Pisidia in Asia Minor.
		Margaret of Antioch was one of the most popular saints among the laity in medieval England, primarily because of her association with childbirth.
		Margaret is often represented in these paintings as a shepherdess, or leading a chained dragon by her girdle, carrying a little cross in her hand, or standing against the large cauldron into which she was plunged.
	www.communigate.co.uk /brad/stmargaretschurchilkley/page7.phtml (660 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Margaret
		Her mother dying soon after her birth, Margaret was nursed by a pious woman five or six leagues from Antioch.
		Threatened with death unless she renounced the Christian faith, the holy virgin refused to adore the gods of the empire and an attempt was made to burn her, but the flames, we are told in her Acts, left her unhurt.
		Margaret is represented in art sometimes as a shepherdess, or as leading a chained dragon, again carrying a little cross or a girdle in her hand, or standing by a large vessel which recalls the cauldron into which she was plunged.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09652b.htm (393 words)

	Saints of July 20
		Saint Flavian was patriarch of Antioch, and Saint Elias patriarch of Jerusalem.
		Margaret (Marina) of Antioch (of the Latins) VM (RM)
		Margaret was admired by the prefect Olybrius, who wanted her either as a wife or a mistress, but she resisted him.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0720.htm (2894 words)

	Which St. Margaret is the Patron of this Parish? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Margaret and Malcolm had a daughter, Matilda, (she was originally named Edith, but changed it on marriage) who married the Norman king Henry I of England, amidst great celebration among the English population.
		Margaret of Antioch - whose July 20 feast day is not recognized on the Calendar of the Church year for the Episcopal Church - is one of 14 "helper" saints especially honored in Roman Catholic Germany.
		Margaret of Antioch, also known as Pelagia and St. Marina, reportedly was a 15-year-old virgin who to preserve her chastity leaped to her death in Antioch.
	www.st-margarets.org /antioch.htm (4153 words)

	The Golden Legend: Saint Margaret (Caxton Edition [1483])
		MARGARET is said of a precious gem or ouch that is named a margarite (pearl) which gem is white, little and virtuous.
		The holy saint Margaret was of the city of Antioch, daughter of Theodosius, patriarch of the idols of paynims.
		And thus this blessed and holy virgin, Saint Margaret, suffered death and received the crown of martyrdom the xiiith kalends of August, as is found in her story: and it is read in another place that it was the iii ides of July.
	medieval.ucdavis.edu /20C/Margaret.html (1051 words)

	Patron Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Margaret, we believe, was from ancient Antioch and lived during the persecutions of the Roman Emperor Diocletian in the Third Century.
		Margaret's father was a pagan priest who disowned her when he learned of her conversion to Christianity.
		Margaret was probably around the age of 14 or 15 at the time of her martyrdom.
	www.saintmarg.org /patroness.htm (177 words)

	Klang's Entourage
		Margaret (known as Marina in the Greek Orthodox faith) was the daughter of the pagan priest Aedesius, in Pisidian Antioch, Asia Minor (modern Turkey).
		Margaret's legend has it that the soldier assigned to carry out the beheading begged her forgiveness and that he might be allowed to enter with her into the grace of the God she had so worshipped.
		Margaret assured him his request would be honoured and as her head was struck from her body the soldier fell dead beside her.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /emendesigns/mofantioch.html (897 words)

	About St Margaret of Antioch at Lower Halstow
		Margaret of Antioch; also called MARINA or MARINE; belonged to Pisidian Antioch in Asia Minor was a Christian virgin whose tortures and martyrdom became famous in early books of Acts.
		Being that St. Margaret is one of the patron saints of child birth it is fitting that she is venerated on the 20th of July each year, being the official holy day of Motherhood.
		St Margaret or as she is sometimes known St Marina (Marine) is heavily associated with the water.
	www.lowerhalstow.org.uk /church/aboutstmarg.asp (1101 words)

	Saint Margaret of Antioch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		His painting of Saint Margaret, probably of the early or mid-1630s, is unusual in being an autograph work and not apparently one of a series.
		The saint was a virgin martyr of 4th-century Antioch.
		She was believed to have overcome a dragon and is shown with a shepherd's crook in reference to the legend that she was responsible for grazing the sheep of her nurse.
	www.nationalgallery.org.uk /cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG1930 (167 words)

	Margaret of Antioch, Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Margaret is also one of the most common subjects for wall paintings in England; some churches have her entire life - as many as twenty scenes - adorning their walls.
		The cult of St. Margaret first developed in the eastern Church (the first extant Lives in Greek date from the ninth century), where she was known as Marina and usually portrayed as seizing a demon, about to strike him with a hammer.
		Despite clerical discomfort with the dragon scene, it could not be dropped completely from vernacular lives of Margaret because it served as the source for the familiar iconography of this saint, who is traditionally shown either as emerging from the dragon or standing atop it in triumph.
	lib.rochester.edu /camelot/teams/21sr.htm (1050 words)

	Encyclopedia: Saint Margaret the Virgin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		St Margaret of Antioch, from an old holy card The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years.
		Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for his or her religious faith.
		This is about one of the cities called Antioch in Asia Minor, now Turkey.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Saint-Margaret-the-Virgin (837 words)

	Margaret Bosman (Dixon) 1942-2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Saint Margaret was martyred at Antioch in the 4th century.
		Margaret was born at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire on 16th June 1942.
		Margaret was cremated at Lancaster on 17th November 2000, after a service conducted by a Member of the 'Humanist Society'.
	www.cavekids2000.com /data/bos/margaret.htm (281 words)

	About Queen Margaret of Scotland
		QUEEN MARGARET of Scotland, born in southern Hungary, in the village of Mecseknadas, probably in Castle Reka, was the granddaughter of the English king, Edmund Ironside.
		Margaret's children saw the beginning of the Britain we know, the end of the exclusively separate period, the merging of Celt and Saxon into the unity now so firmly welded.
		It is an interesting fact that of all the saints canonised by the Church of Rome, Queen Margaret stands alone as the happy mother of a large family, a mother who reared sons and daughters to her credit and died surrounded by her children.
	www.qmssa.org /st_marg.htm (2984 words)

	Saint Margaret the Virgin
		Saint Margaret, also known as Margaret of Antioch, virgin and martyr, was formerly celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church on July 20.
		Her refusal led to her being cruelly tortured, and after various miraculous incidents, she was put to death.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ma/Margaret_of_Antioch.html (276 words)

	Glossary: St. Margaret to York
		According to legend, Margaret, who was from Antioch in Asia Minor, was tortured and imprisoned when she resisted becoming the wife of the Roman prefect Olybrius.
		Many images of St. Margaret show her with her symbol, the dragon, which she is usually trampling while holding a cross, or a staff with cruciform top, in her hand.
		Although historically unverified, Margaret of Antioch was one of the most popular female saints of the Middle Ages.
	www.holycross.edu /departments/visarts/projects/kempe/text/gloss5.html (5445 words)

	Open Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: People: Saints: M: Saint Margaret of Antioch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Margaret (Marina) of Antioch (of the Latins) - Suggests that she died around 304 in the Diocletian persecution.
		Margaret, St (Sancta Margarita) - Brief article suggests she may be the same as Pelagia.
		Margaret of Antioch - Margaret is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.
	dmoz.org /Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/People/Saints/M/Saint_Margaret_of_Antioch (116 words)

	Antioch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As Christianity spread, Antioch became the seat of one of the four original patriarchates, along with Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Rome.
		Antioch was called the Queen of the East, lying on the high-road between the East and the West, and accordingly a busy centre of trade.
		Antioch is a meeting place for different denominations of Christians; from all walks of life with varied experiences and aspirations, coming together to share their walk with each other.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Antioch (1301 words)

	The Margaret Factor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Discovery of the Margaret factor in world history is credited to a descendant of Margaret of Antioch, third-century saint and cult figure of the Crusades, whose adventures were so miraculous that they had to be declared apocryphal.
		Margaret piped down after that; she became a mystery writer.
		The third, Margaret Mitchell, had her achievement undermined by charges of bigotry and sentiment, though she did spend her final year politely answering her fan mail, by hand.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~marshgen/margaret.htm (1038 words)

	Saint Margaret of Antioch -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Her story, generally regarded to be fictitious, is substantially that of the Eastern St. Marina of Antioch, whose feast day is July 17, and is related to that of St. Pelagia of Antioch, who is also known as...
		bishop of Antioch, Syria, known mainly from seven highly regarded letters that he wrote during a trip to Rome, as a prisoner condemned to be executed for his beliefs.
		Ancient Antioch was called the “queen of the East.” The modern town, called Antakya, is a small trading center in the southern part of the country, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the Mediterranean Sea coast.
	0-www.britannica.com.library.unl.edu /eb/article-9050854 (648 words)

	This is Bradford \| CommuniGate \| MUSIC AT ST. MARGARET'S (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Christian Spence, the Director of Music at St Margaret's Church will be announcing the programme of musical events at the church for the next six months, shortly.
		St Margaret's Centenary in 1979 was a very great influence on the life of the church for the next twenty five years.
		Like so many of the ideas involving music and St Margaret's, this one was born on the moors' road between Ilkley and Bradford, one Tuesday after a rehearsal in the summer of 1979.
	www.communigate.co.uk /brad/stmargaretschurchilkley/page4.phtml (701 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Margaret of Antioch
		Her father was a pagan priest in Pisidian Antioch, Asia Minor (modern Turkey).
		Her mother died when Margaret was an infant, and the child was raised by a Christian woman.
		Her father disowned her, her nurse adopted her, and Margaret converted, consecrated herself and her virginity to God.
	www.catholicforum.com /saints/saintm19.htm (258 words)

	st. margaret, from Lundy, Isle of Avalon by Mystic Realms
		Margaret of Antioch suffered her martyrdom in the fist half of the 5th c.
		She rejected the advances of the governor of Antioch, and was incarcerated underground.
		However the power of her cross and the intervention of St. George rescued her.
	www.lundyisleofavalon.co.uk /godsetc/margaret.htm (62 words)

	St. Margaret of Antioch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Margaret of Antioch was a Christian virgin whose tortures and martyrdom became famous in early books of Acts.
		She was one of the saints who spoke to St. Joan of Arc, and she is included in a group of saints known as the Fourteen Holy Helpers, who are venerated for their special ability to intercede for people.
		Pantaleon, who are also among the Holy Helpers.) St. Margaret's feast day is July 20 in the west and July 13 in the east.
	www.stjohns-stamford.org /chapel/StMargaret.html (438 words)

	Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		February 28, 2003 at St. Margaret of Antioch Catholic Church, Osage Bend.
		He was a member of St. Margaret of Antioch Catholic Church, Osage Bend; Holy Name Society; and served on many building and picnic committees.
		Memorials are suggested to St. Margaret of Antioch Cemetery Fund, 12025 Route W, Jefferson City, MO 65101; or Samaritan Center, 1310 E. McCarty Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101.
	www.dulletrimble.com /obit-display.jhtml?DB=update/obits/dbase&DO=display&ID=1046289240_13843 (166 words)

	Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Funeral Service: 10:00 A.M. February 27, 2002 at St. Margaret of Antioch, Osage Bend, MO Interment: St. Margaret of Antioch Cemetery, Osage Bend, MO She was born in Osage Bend, the daughter of Joseph and Katherine Toebben Schmidt.
		She was a member of St. Margaret of Antioch Catholic Church, Osage Bend; the ladies Organization of the church; and the Over-Fifty Club.
		Memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer's Association, 1121 Business Loop 70 East, Columbia, MO 65201; St. Margaret of Antioch Catholic Church, 12025 Route W, Jefferson City, MO 65101; or a chaarity of the donor's choice.
	www.dulletrimble.com /obit-display.jhtml?DB=update/obits/dbase&DO=display&ID=1017346663_2784 (202 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Saint Margaret was born in the third century at Antioch of Pisidia in southern Asia Minor.
		Her mother died while she was an infant, and she was instructed in the Christian faith by a virtuous nurse.
		She continued under other ineffectual torments to exhort the spectators to understand who it was she adored, and finally was beheaded with a large number of those whom her words had caused to believe as she did.
	www.infocatholic.com /viewSaint.aspx?SID=404 (334 words)

	The Mystic Legacy of Jeanne d’Arc
		Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Egypt and Saint Margaret of Antioch, Syria led lives that are not supported by written documentation, in their respective parts of the Middle East.
		In remembrance of Saint Margaret of Antioch, it should be mentioned that she is still credited with contemporary miracles, and invoked as protector of pregnant mothers when they enter the throes of childbirth.
		That Michael, Catherine and Margaret were the identities behind the "voices" that advised Jeanne d’Arc during the course of her mission does not seem arbitrary, when considering their combined attributes.
	www.stjoan-center.com /topics/Mystic_Legacy.html (5225 words)

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