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Portraits of Queen Margaret of Scotland at the National Portrait Gallery, London; The Heraldry of Queensferry, which provides the best information and images, interspliced throughout the page, on St Margaret's arms and their variations. University of Pittsburgh: Margaret of Scotland; Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Margaret of Scotland
St Margaret's was founded in 1867 as a mission church by Father John Comper, one of the first followers in Scotland of the Oxford Movement. [1] [better source needed] Comper was at the time rector of St John's, Aberdeen's oldest Anglican congregation.
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 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
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.
St Margaret’s was founded as a mission of St Ninian’s Church, Pollokshields in 1898. The congregation met in shop premises, the first service taking place on 15 November 1898. The current church site was donated by Sir John Stirling Maxwell in 1908.
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The most notable exceptions are St Margaret's Chapel from the early 12th century, which is regarded as the oldest building in Edinburgh, [5] the Royal Palace, and the early 16th-century Great Hall. The castle is the site of the Scottish National War Memorial and the National War Museum.