Saint of the Day for November 16
Saint of the Day
Liturgical calendar Saint Margaret of Scotland · Saint Gertrude, Virgin
Saint Margaret of Scotland
Queen of Scotland from 1070 to 1093
Saint Margaret of Scotland, also known as Margaret of Wessex, was Queen of Alba from 1070 to 1093 as the wife of King Malcolm III. Margaret was sometimes called "The Pearl of Scotland". She was a member of the House of Wessex and was born in the Kingdom of Hungary to the expatriate English prince Edward the Exile. She and her family returned to England in 1057. Following the death of Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, her brother Edgar Ætheling was elected King of England but never crowned. After the family fled north, Margaret married Malcolm III of Scotland by the end of 1070.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- Matthew the ApostleChristian evangelist and apostle (10-74)
- Agnes of AssisiPoor Clare abbess
- Ælfric of AbingdonArchbishop of Canterbury in the late 10th century
- Alfonso Rodríguez OlmedoSpanish Jesuit priest
- Philoumenos of Jacob's WellCypriot saint (1913-1979)
- Saint Émilion
- Fidentius of Paduasecond century saint
Bible Verse of the Day
For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
On November 16 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.