Margaret Clitherow
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.
Patron saint of Businesswomen; converts; martyrs; Catholic Women's League; Latin Mass Society
In the Martyrology
- March 25 Saint Margaret Clitherow, martyr of England