Margaret of Cortona
Margaret of Cortona (1247 – 22 February 1297) was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of Saint Francis. She was born in Laviano, near Perugia, and died in Cortona. She was canonised in 1728.
She is the patroness saint of reformed prostitutes; the falsely accused, hoboes, homeless, insane, orphaned, mentally ill, midwives, penitents, single mothers, stepchildren, and tramps.
Patron saint of reformed prostitutes; people battling temptation, sexual especially; falsely accused people; homeless people; insanity; orphans; mental illness; mentally ill people; midwives; single mothers; people whose piety is ridiculed; single laywomen; the third child
In the Martyrology
- February 22 Saint Margherita da Cortona, Franciscan tertiary, penitent