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unusual facts about Saint Margaret


Jumkil Church

In addition, there are several wooden sculptures of saints housed in the church, depicting Mary, Saint Olaf and, possibly, Saint Margaret.


Pudding Norton

The first, the church of Saint Margaret, retains just the walls of its west tower and part of the west end of the nave.

Sântimbru, Harghita

The Saint Margaret Chapel is situated on the Alsó-Erdőalja field, west of the Olt River.

Urquhart, Moray

The first reference to a church in Urquhart, which was dedicated to Saint Margaret, appears in a deed of 1237.


see also

Saint Mary's, Calton

A number of parishes pre-date St Mary's (St Mary's, Greenock, and St Mirin, Paisley; both 1808, St Patrick, Dumbarton, 1830, St Margaret, Airdrie, 1836; St. John, Barrhead, St Mary, Duntocher, and St Fillan, Houston; all 1841), but of all of these only Saint Margaret's, Airdrie, still has the original church (opened 1836).

St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh

According to the Life of Saint Margaret, attributed to Turgot of Durham, she died at Edinburgh Castle in 1093, just days after receiving the news of her husband's death in battle.