Honorific Prefix: | Saint |
Margaret the Barefooted | |
Birth Date: | 1325 |
Death Date: | 1395 |
Feast Day: | August 27 |
Venerated In: | Roman Catholic Church |
Birth Place: | San Severino, Italy |
Patronage: | brides, difficult marriages, victims of abuse, widows |
Margaret the Barefooted (1325–1395) was born into a poor family in San Severino, Italy.[1] She was abused by her husband for years because of her dedication to the church and to helping the poor and sick. She walked barefooted as a beggar to better associate herself with the poor. She died widowed in 1395 of natural causes.[2]