Margaret of Louvain

Margaret of Louvain
Marguerite la Fière
Martyr
Born 1207
Died 1225
Louvain, Duchy of Brabant
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Feast 2 September

Margaret of Louvain (also known as Marguerite la Fière; 1207–1225) was a servant who is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

Margaret was a servant from Louvain, Duchy of Brabant (now Belgium). As a teenager, she worked at the inn belonging to her relatives, a certain Aubert and his wife, until they sold the establishment. The couple had planned to enter the religious life, with Margaret herself set on joining a Cistercian convent.[1]

On their last night at the inn, Margaret was out when thieves broke in and murdered her employers. Upon her return she saw what had happened as the assailants were leaving; the latter gave chase as she fled the scene. They eventually caught up with her along the banks of the Dyle River, where they killed her as well by slitting her throat.[2]

Veneration

Margaret's killers had initially thrown her corpse into the Dyle, but it was recovered and buried on the riverbank where she was killed.[3] Miracles were later attributed to her at her tomb, and a her remains were subsequently translated and reinterred in a chapel in the yard of Saint Peter's Church in the centre of town.[4]

In 1905, Pope Pius X confirmed her cultus.

References

  1. ↑ "Saint Margaret of Louvain". CatholicSaints.Info. 16 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Saint Margaret of Louvain". CatholicSaints.Info. 16 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Saint Margaret of Louvain". CatholicSaints.Info. 16 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Saint of the Day, September 2: Blessed Margaret of Louvain SaintPatrickDC.org. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
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