Why did Margaret become a saint in 1249

Why did Margaret become a saint in 1249?

She led a saintly life • • Spiritual reading Prayer Fasting Good works Visiting shrines and hermitages Discussing theology Reciting offices for the dead Paying for masses to be said

St Margaret’s deathbed

Margaret was kind to the poor • Margaret gave money to the poor • Margaret provided meals to the poor and served them herself • Margaret washed the feet of the poor • Margaret fed Orphans with her own spoon • Margaret persuaded courtiers to give the clothes off their backs to beggars in the street

Margaret was kind to the poor

Margaret was kind to the poor

Margaret Anglicised Scotland

Margaret Anglicised Scotland

Edith/Matilda and Mary – their daughters battled for the English throne later Henry 11 Mtilda’s grandson became king

Differences between the Celtic Church and Roman Catholic Church Celtic Church Roman Church Culdees Augustine and Benedictine monks Culdees could marry Monks were celibate Mass in Gaelic Mass in Latin Churches devastated by Viking invasion Richly decorated churches Celebrated the Jewish Sabbeth Worshipped on Sunday Centre of Church in Iona Centre of church Rome Communion once a year Communion every week and sometimes daily Looked to the Coptic church as its foundation Roman Pope head of the church

St Margaret’s miracles

St Margaret’s Shrine

Campaign to get Margaret Canonised https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=l. UGRdp. RJWYA