today’s saint: Margaret of Antioch

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Today is the feast of St. Margaret of Antioch. She’s one of my favorite saints, featured in My Badass Book of Saints because, well…she’s a badass.

I love this story. Margaret was a martyr who was driven away from her home when her father discovered she was a Christian. She was arrested by the authorities and while being held, the devil came to her in the guise of a dragon. The legends states he swallowed her up, but Margaret, having a cross, used it to slay the dragon and escape her fate.

I like the idea of a dragon-slaying saint!

There were many attempts to execute her, including drowning and fire, but she survived. Finally, she was beheaded.

Interesting fact: St. Margaret was one of the saints who came to St. Joan of Arc (also in the book).

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