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Dunlop, Eileen, Queen Margaret of Scotland, 2005, NMS Enterprises Limited – Publishing, Edinburgh, 978 1 901663 92 1. Huneycutt, L.L. "The Idea of a Perfect Princess: the Life of St Margaret in the Reign of Matilda II (1100–1118)." Anglo-Norman Studies, 12 (1989): pp. 81–97. Madan. The Evangelistarium of St. Margaret in Academy. 1887.
The original church was a room rented by Comper on the Gallowgate. By 1870, a joint chapel-school had been consecrated and Comper had resigned from his post at St John's and become full-time priest to the newly formed St Margaret's parish. The church lies on a high, prominent site above the city of Aberdeen. [2]
The church is dedicated to Saint Margaret of Scotland, an Anglo-Saxon princess who was born in exile in the Kingdom of Hungary in the 11th century and is the most famous Hungarian saint in the United Kingdom. Margaret was the daughter of the English prince Edward the Exile, and granddaughter of Edmund Ironside, King of England. [2]
The south aisle contains a number of stained glass windows; Christ commissioning his disciples to preach the Gospel by James Powell and Sons (1935), Saint Margaret of Scotland by the St. Enoch Studio (1949), Simeon by Gordon Webster (1971), Saint Thomas by Roland Mitton (1997), Gethsemane by John Clark (2001), and the Last Supper and The supper ...
St Margaret's Chapel, in Edinburgh Castle, is the oldest surviving building in Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] An example of Romanesque architecture , it is a category A listed building . [ 2 ] It was constructed in the 12th century, but fell into disuse after the Reformation.
Glasgow (St Oswald) St Oswald, King's Park (1931) Priest-in-Charge: Alison Mathew [15] Glasgow (St Margaret) St Margaret of Scotland, Newlands (1898) Rector: Gordon Fyfe; Assistant Priest: Charlotte Methuen [16] Glasgow (St Ninian) St Ninian, Pollokshields (1870) Rector: Verity Brown [17] Glasgow (St Matthew) St Matthew, Possilpark
Margaret had married King Malcolm III in the 11th century and the sculpture represents Margaret holding an open book and gently leading a small girl by the hand. In 2003, during an audience with Pope John Paul II , Tony Blair , then UK Prime Minister, presented him with one of the 500 statues of St. Margaret that Anne Davidson had designed.
The Church of St Margaret of Scotland is a church dedicated to St Margaret, Queen of Scotland, and may refer to: Church of St Margaret of Scotland, Woodville, Anglican church in Adelaide, South Australia; Church of St Margaret of Scotland, Twickenham, Roman Catholic church in London; St Margaret of Scotland, Aberdeen, Episcopal church