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Margaret was born of farming parents in Laviano, a small village nestled in the rolling hills of Castiglione del Lago, in the diocese of Chiusi, and about halfway between Montepulciano and Cortona. [1] When she was seven, Margaret's mother died and her father remarried. Margaret and her stepmother grew to dislike each other. [2]
The second altar on the right has an altarpiece depicting Virgin and St Elizabeth of Hungary, by Jacopo da Empoli. [6] On an altar on the right there is a 13th-century wooden crucifix, originally from the church of San Francesco, Cortona. It is said St Margaret prayed before this crucifix.
The veneration of Saint Margaret of Cortona was prominent in Tuscany. The painting was commissioned in 1622 by Nicolo Gerolamo Venuti, whose coat of arms is at the lower left, and decorated at the main altar for the church of Santa Maria Nuova in Cortona . [ 1 ]
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.
21 February: St. Margaret of Cortona Penitent; 15 March: St. Louise de Marillac Widow; 21 March: St. Benedict Abbot [proper Mass] 16 April: St. Benedict Joseph Labre Confessor; 26 April: Our Lady of Good Counsel; 28 April: St. Peter Chanel Martyr; St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort Confessor; 29 April: St. Joseph Benedict Cottolengo Confessor
The third altarpiece is a St Antony and Angels (1942) by A. M. Nardi. In the ambulatory is an Immaculate Conception with Saints Biagio and Francis (circa 1725) also by Lazzarini. In the first altar on the right is a 19th-century canvas of St Margaret of Cortona.
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Today they staff Maria Regina High School in Hartsdale, and teach at St. Casimir School in Yonkers and St. Margaret of Cortona School in the Bronx. In 2010, the Sisters took a new mission at St. Columba Church in Hopewell Junction, running the school and religious education office.