Margaret Sinclair
Scottish Roman Catholic nun
Who they were
Margaret Anne Sinclair (29 March 1900 – 24 November 1925), religious name Mary Francis of the Five Wounds, was a Scottish Catholic nun of the Colettine Poor Clares. She was declared venerable by Pope Paul VI on 6 February 1978.
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The miracles
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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.
- Vatican — John Paul II's address at St Joseph's Hospital, Edinburgh, 1 June 1982, on Margaret Sinclair — Colettine Poor Clare of Edinburgh (Sister Mary Francis of the Five Wounds), declared Venerable by Paul VI in 1978; her remains were translated in 2003 to her home parish church of St Patrick's, Edinburgh, and John Paul I
- Wikidata Q6759899 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Margaret Sinclair (nun) (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.