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Margaret, of Antioch, Saint


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  • Variants

    • Antioch, Margaret of, Saint
    • Antiochia, Margherita d', Saint
    • Antiochia, Marina d', Saint
    • Margaret, Saint
    • Margareta, of Antioch, Saint
    • Margarita, of Antioch, Saint
    • Margherita, d'Antiochia, Saint
    • Margriata, of Antioch, Saint
    • Marguerite, of Antioch, Saint
    • Marherete, of Antioch, Saint
    • Marina, d'Antiochia, Saint
    • Marina, of Antioch, Saint
    • Martyr of Antioch
    • Pelagia, of Antioch, Saint

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      • Earlier Established Forms

        • Margaret, Saint

      • Sources

        • found: Tammi, G. Due versioni della leggenda di S. Margherita d'Antiochia, 1958:p. 7 (S. Marina d'Antiochia) p. 143 (Sainte Marguerite)
        • found: New Cath. enc.:v. 9, p. 200 (Margaret, or Pelagia, 15-year-old virgin of Antioch)
        • found: Farmer, D.H. Oxford dict. of saints, 1978(Margaret of Antioch (Marina); no date; probably never existed as a historical figure but only as a character in pious fiction)
        • found: Holweck, F. Biog. dict. of the saints, 1924(Margaret, V., M. (Margarita), called Marina in the Orient; her existence seems assured, but her acts are a forgery)
        • found: Enc. Brit., 15th ed.(Margaret (Marina) of Antioch, Saint, fl. 3rd or 4th cent.; the name Marina is the Latin equivalent of the Greek name Pelagia, and Margaret's vita is one of the family of pious romances apparently based on the historical St. Pelagia of Antioch; in 1969 Margaret's feast day, formerly July 20, was eliminated from the rev. calendar of the Roman Catholic Church because it is doubtful whether she ever existed)
        • found: Enc. Amer., 1977(Margaret, Saint)
        • found: LC data base, 5/24/84(hdg.: Margaret, Saint; variants: S. Margherita, Seinte Marherete, ... Marinae)
        • found: Derungs, G.A. Sontga Margriata [SR] p1982.
        • found: Hahn, C.J. Passio Kiliani, Ps. Theotimus/Passio Margaretae ... 1988:t.p. ( ... Margaretae)
        • found: Milman, H.H. The Martyr of Antioch, 1822.

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        • 1984-06-15: new
        • 2013-04-23: revised

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