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On April 24, 2021 Pope Francis made Blessed Margaret a saint by an "equipollent canoization." That act means the pope decided to forego the usual judicial processes, formal attribution of miracles, and scientific examinations that involved in the canonization of a saint. Instead, saying that Margaret's life exemplifies heroic virtue, he formally confirmed the devotion to Margaret that already exists, and added her feast to the Church's universal calendar. The canonization ceremony of Blessed Margaret was held in the town of Castello, Italy on September 19, 2021 on the feast of Our Lady of La Salette. To view the ceremony visit: www.littlemargaret.org
+ SAINT MARGARET OF CASTELLO +
+ INTERCEDE AND PRAY FOR US + 
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart, to preach deliverance to the captives, and sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of reward." Saint Luke 4:18,19
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In honor of Saint Margaret of Castello’s 700th Death Anniversary, a man named Jose, who is legally blind sang and recorded the Salve Regina so that it could be placed on this website.
+ COMFORT TO THE AFFLICTED +
+ + + + STRENGTH TO THE BURDEN + + + + + HOPE TO THE UNWANTED + "For my father and my mother have left me: but the Lord hath taken me up." Psalms 26:10
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Saint Margaret of Castello (1287-1320) is an Italian Roman Catholic Church patron of the poor, crippled, and the unwanted. She was born blind, lame, deformed, hunchbacked and a dwarf, into a family of nobles in the castle of Metola, in the southeast of Florence. As a child, her parents Parisio and Emilia imprisoned her for 14 years so no one would see her, though she could attend Mass and receive the sacraments. Her parents took her to the tomb in Citta di Castello of a holy man named Fra Giacomo, where miracles were reportedly being wrought, to pray for a cure for her birth defects. When no miracle happened, they abandoned her. She live in prayer and charity, helping the poor, visiting prisoners and assisting the dying. When she died at the age of 33, crowds at her funeral demanded she be buried inside the church. After a crippled girl was miraculously cured at the funeral, the priest allowed Margaret's burial inside. In 1558, Margaret's remains were transferred because her coffin was rotten. Her clothes were also rotten, but her body was preserved. She was beatified on October 19, 1609 by Pope Paul V. Pope Paul V in 1609 assigned Saint Margaret feast day on April 13th, the day that she died on. She was canonized on April 24th, by Pope Francis and had her canonization ceremony on September 19th, 2021.