Saint Margaret Clitherow
Also known as: Margaret Clitheroe; Margaret Middleton; Margarita Clitherow; Margherita Clitherow; Marguerite Clitherow; one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales; the Pearl of York
Feast Day
25 March; 25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
Born
1556 at York, England as Margaret Middleton
Died
Pressed to death on Good Friday, 25 March 1586 at York, England; right hand preserved at Saint Mary’s Convent, York
Canonized
25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
Beatified
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Biography
Saint Margaret Clitherow, born Margaret Middleton in 1556, was a devout Catholic who became known for her unwavering faith and courageous actions during a time of religious persecution in England. Margaret was the daughter of Thomas and Jane Middleton, a candle maker and the sheriff of York for two years. She was raised Anglican but later converted to Catholicism around 1574.
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