Margaretha of Louvain
character in legend of Leuven
Feast: 2 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Margaret of Louvain (also known as Fiere Margriet or Margaretha de Trotse (Dutch); Marguerite la Fière (French); 1207–1225) was a servant murdered by thieves. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church; her shrine is in St. Peter's Church in Louvain.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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.
- Nominis (Conference des eveques de France) - Sainte Marguerite de Louvain Servante d'auberge — Nominis, the saints database of the French bishops' conference, has a full entry: Sainte Marguerite de Louvain Servante d'auberge (+ 1255) Elle était de famille très pauvre et entra au service d'un de ses parents qui ten
- Wikidata Q2610800 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Margaret of Louvain (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.