Definition von saint margaret of scotland im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
born 1045, probably Hungary died Nov. 16, 1093, Edinburgh; canonized 1250; feast day November 16, Scottish feast day June 16 Patron saint of Scotland. Sister of Edgar the Aetheling, she married Malcolm III Canmore, and three of their sons succeeded to Scotland's throne. She founded abbeys, worked for justice, improved conditions for the poor, and persuaded Malcolm to initiate a series of ecclesiastical reforms that transformed Scotland's religious and cultural life