ST See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• ST MARGARET (SANCTA MARGARITA)

MARGARET (SANCTA See also:

• MARGARITA

MARGARITA)  , virgin and See also:

• MARTYR (Gr. pimp or µaprvs)

martyr, is celebrated by the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome on the 20th of See also:

• JULY

July . According to the See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, she was a native of See also:

• ANTIOCH

Antioch, daughter of a See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest named See also:

• AEDESIUS (d. A.D. 355)

Aedesius . She was scorned by her See also:

• FATHER

father for her See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian faith, and lived in the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country with a See also:

• FOSTER, GEORGE EULAS (1847– )
• FOSTER, JOHN (177o-1843)
• FOSTER, MYLES BIRKET (1825-1899)
• FOSTER, SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE (1841-1904)
• FOSTER, SIR MICHAEL (1836-r9o7)
• FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS (1826-1864)

foster See also:

• MOTHER

mother keeping See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep . See also:

• OLYBRIUS

Olybrius, the " praeses orientis," offered her See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage as the See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price of her renunciation of See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity . Her refusal led to her being cruelly tortured, and after various miraculous incidents, she was put to See also:

• DEATH

death . Among the Greeks she is known as Marina, and her festival is on the 17th of July . She has been identified with St See also:

• PELAGIA, ST

Pelagia (q.v.)—Marina being the Latin See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent of Pelagia—who, according to a legend, was also called Margarito . We possess no See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical documents on St See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret as distinct from St Pelagia . An See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt has been made, but without success, to prove that the See also:

• GROUP

group of legends with which that of St Margaret is connected is derived from a transformation of the pagan divinity See also:

• APHRODITE

Aphrodite into a Christian See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint . The problem of her identity is a purely See also:

• LITERARY

literary question . The cult of St Margaret was very wide-spread in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, where more than 250 churches are dedicated to her . See Acta sanctorum, July, v .

24-45; Bibliotheca hagiographica, See also:

• LATINA, VIA

Latina (See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, 1899), n . 5303-5313; Frances See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold-See also:

• FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• FORSTER, JOHN (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

Forster, Studies in Church Dedications (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1899), i . 131-133 and iii . 19 . (H .