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Detail Of A Stained Glass Window Of Blessed Margaret Pole Church Of Our Lady And The English Martyrs Cambridge England Date Unknown Artist Unknown

Detail Of A Stained Glass Window Of Blessed Margaret Pole Church Of Our Lady And The English Martyrs Cambridge England Date Unknown Artist Unknown

Blessed Margaret Pole

Also known as: Margaret Plantaganet

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

28-May

Born

14 August 1473 in Somerset, Wilshire, England as Margaret Plantaganet

Died

Beheaded 28 May 1541 on Tower Hill, London, England; buried at Saint Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London

Beatified

29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)

Biography

Blessed Margaret Pole, also known as Margaret Plantagenet, was born on August 14, 1473, in Somerset, Wiltshire, England, as the daughter of George, Duke of Clarence. She was the niece of King Edward IV and King Richard III of England, making her part of the royal Plantagenet family.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified1886-12-29 by 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)

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