Born in Hungary, Margaret of Wessex was the daughter of the English Prince Edward in exile and his wife Agatha. Margaret became the queen of Scotland from 1070 to 1093 as the wife of Malcom III. Chroniclers depicted her as a strong, pure Christian of noble character, who had great influence over her husband, theContinue reading “Queen Margaret of Scotland”
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St. David of Wales
David of Wales was a renowned preacher and missionary who founded monastic settlements and churches in Wales, Brittany, and southwest England. According to legend, he was born on a Pembrokeshire clifftop during a fierce storm in 500 CE. Also, according to legend, he made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, from which he brought back a stone thatContinue reading “St. David of Wales”
Improbable Benedictine 