See Also: Margaret of Scotland, Saint(encyclopedia)
Saint Margaret's Hospital(health)
Margaret of Antioch, Saint(encyclopedia)
Saint Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers(health)
Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church(tourism)
Scotland(encyclopedia)
Air Scotland(tourism)
Scotland(dictionary)
Air Scotland flights(tourism)
New Scotland Yard(dictionary)

Margaret of Scotland, Saint (sh)




born งใ 1045, probably Hungary
died Nov. 16, 1093, Edinburgh; canonized 1250; feast day November 16, Scottish feast day June 16

Patron saint of Scotland.

Sister of Edgar the Aetheling, she married Malcolm III Canmore, and three of their sons succeeded to Scotland's throne. She founded abbeys, worked for justice, improved conditions for the poor, and persuaded Malcolm to initiate a series of ecclesiastical reforms that transformed Scotland's religious and cultural life.