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Saints of the Month: February

was reckless but beautiful. She left home at the age of seventeen
to become a mistress of a young nobleman. She lived with him in
his castle for nine years and had a son with him but did not marry
because of her lower social class One day he did not return home
but his hound came back alone. The dog led Margaret to her
lover’s body where he was murdered in the woods. She became
deeply repentant and left his castle with her son and went to seek
the Franciscan friars for spiritual direction. She eventually joined
the Third Order of Saint Francis and led a life of prayer, penance,
poverty and charity towards the poor.

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