Margaret Clitherow
Margaret Clitherow | |
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| One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales | |
| Born | c. 1556 York, Yorkshire, England |
| Residence | York, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 25 March 1586 (aged 29–30) York, Yorkshire, England |
| Cause of death | pressed to death under 7 or 8 hundredweight |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion |
| Beatified | 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI |
| Canonized | 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI |
| Major shrine | The Shambles, York, North Yorkshire, England |
| Feast | 25 October (together with the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, in Wales)
4 May (together with the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, in England) 30 August (together with Anne Line and Margaret Ward) 27 February (together with Anne Line and Margaret Ward in the Diocese of Nottingham) |
| Attributes | Door, Bible, martyr's palm, rosary |
| Patronage | Businesswomen, converts, martyrs, Catholic Women's League, Latin Mass Society |
Margaret Clitherow (née Middleton, c. 1556 – 25 March 1586) was an English Catholic recusant known as The Pearl of York. She was pressed to death for refusing to enter a plea to the charge of harbouring Catholic priests. She was canonised in 1970 by Pope Paul VI.