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St. Margaret

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Religious Figure

The Resume

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    Born in Antioch (site of modern day Antakya, Turkey)
    Known as Marina by the Eastern Church
    Often depicted with a dragon or cauldron of boiling water
    Patron saint of pregnant women
    Feast day is July 20 (Catholic) or July 13 (Eastern)

Why she might be annoying:

    There were doubts she ever existed as early as the fifth century.
    One dubious legend claims she was swallowed by a dragon (the devil in disguise) but escaped by poking his insides with her cross.
    She dedicated her virginity to God yet ended up the patron saint of childbirth.
    She supposedly promised generous indulgences to anyone who spread her story.
    As with many other popular saints, she was dropped from the canon in 1969.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her mother died when she was a baby, and she was raised by her nurse.
    Her father, a pagan priest, disowned her when she converted to Christianity.
    A Roman prefect denounced her as a Christian when she refused his advances.
    She survived attempts to burn then boil her to death, before she was decapitated.
    She appeared before and advised Joan of Arc.
    She has been identified with the Greek goddess Aphrodite.

Credit: Georgina


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 153 Votes: 47.71% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 131 Votes: 49.62% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 124 Votes: 46.77% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 18 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 74 Votes: 44.59% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 55 Votes: 43.64% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 36 Votes: 30.56% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 83 Votes: 32.53% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 54 Votes: 48.15% Annoying