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Margherita, da Città di Castello, 1287-1320

LC control no.nr 95001420
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Personal name headingMargherita, da Città di Castello, 1287-1320
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Variant(s)Margaret, of Metola, 1287-1320
Margaret, of Castello, 1287-1320
Margarita, de Civitate Castelli, 1287-1320
Margherita, de la Metola, 1287-1320
Margherita, di Città di Castello, 1287-1320
Margherita, of Città di Castello, 1287-1320
Birth date1287
Death date13200413
Place of birthMetola, Italy
Place of deathCittà di Castello (Italy)
Field of activityCare of the sick
Found inLe legendae di Margherita da Città di Castello, 1994: t.p. (Margherita da Città di Castello) p. ix (d. 13 April 1320) p. 1 (b. 1287) p. 114 (Beata Margherita de la Metola)
Dictionary of the Middle Ages: v. 9, p. 14 (under Mysticism, Continental : Bd. Margherita of Città di Castello)
Enciclopedia cattolica: v. 8, p. 67 (Margherita di Città di Castello, Beata, ca. 1287-1320)
LC in RLIN, 1/12/95 (hdg.: Margherita da Città di Castello, 1287-1320)
The story of Margaret of Metola, 1952.
Le Legendae di Margherita da Città di Castello, c1994: p. 61 (... Margarite de Civitate Castelli)
Food for the soul, 2015: page 36 (Blessed Margaret of Castello)
New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2003: volume 9, page 149 (Margaret of Metola, Bl.; born Metola, Italy, 1287; died Città di Castello, Italy, Apr. 13, 1320; of noble birth; because of her dwarfism, blindness, lameness, and hunched back, her parents kept her hidden in a prison from ages 6 to 16; parents abandoned her in Città di Castello, Italy, where she became a Dominican tertiary and devoted herself to tending the sick and dying; beatified 1609; feast, Apr. 13)