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Blessed Margaret Of Savoy
Blessed Margaret Of Savoy

Blessed Margaret Of Savoy

Also known as: Margarita; Margherita; Marguerite

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

23 November; 24 July on some calendars

Born

21 June 1382 at Pignerol, Italy

Died

23 November 1464 at Alba, Piedmont, Italy of natural causes; re-interred at her monastery in 1481

Beatified

9 October 1669 by Pope Clement IX (cultus confirmed)

Biography

Blessed Margaret of Savoy, born into the nobility as the daughter of Amadeo of Savoy, Lord of Piedmont and titular Prince of Achaea, and Catherine of Geneva, lived a life marked by profound spiritual transformation. After her marriage to Theodore Paleologus, Marquis of Montferrat, on 17 January 1403, she experienced


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