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Detail of A Painting of Saint Margaret of Hungary Date And Artist Unknown Parish Church In Kőbánya Budapest Hungary Photographed On 21 May 2023 By Pasztilla Aka Attila Terbócs
Detail of A Painting of Saint Margaret of Hungary Date And Artist Unknown Parish Church In Kőbánya Budapest Hungary Photographed On 21 May 2023 By Pasztilla Aka Attila Terbócs

Saint Margaret of Hungary

Also known as: Margherita; Marguerite

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

18-Jan

Born

1242

Died

18 January 1271 at Budapest, Hungary; relics given to the Poor Clares at Pozsony (modern Bratislava, Slovak Republic) when the Dominican Order in the area was dissolved; most of her relics were destroyed in 1789, but some are still preserved at Gran, Gyor, Pannonhalma, Hungary

Canonized

19 November 1943 by Pope Pius XII

Beatified

28 July 1789 by Pope Pius VI

Biography

Saint Margaret of Hungary, daughter of King Bela IV of Hungary and Marie Laskaris (granddaughter of the Byzantine emperor), was born into royal lineage yet dedicated to divine service from childhood. Following the liberation of Hungary from the Tatars

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