Blessed Margaret of Savoy
Marchioness of Montferrat, Princess of Achaea Roman Catholic saint
Feast: 23 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Margaret, only daughter of Louis of Savoy, married Theodore, Marquis of Montferrat, in 1403. Her piety grew after she heard St Vincent Ferrer preach.
Widowed in 1418, she left the marquisate to her stepson, joined the Third Order of St Dominic at Alba, and refused a proposal from the Duke of Milan. With several young women she founded a monastery, and died there in a saintly manner on 23 November 1464.
The miracles
The Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe her cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A widowed marchioness who refused a duke to give herself entirely to God.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Vincent Ferrer Saint“Her piety grew after she heard St Vincent Ferrer preach.” — this site's research
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Blessed Margaret of Savoy
- Wikidata Q289905 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Blessed Margaret of Savoy (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.