MARGARET, Sr, a celebrated virgin, who, as is supposed, received the crown of martyrdom at Antioch in the year 275: the manner of her death is not known. The ancient martyrologists make no mention of her name, and she did not become famous till the 11th century. There is no more foundation for what is said concerning her relics and girdles than for the stories which are told of her life. A festival, however, is still held in honour of her memory on the 20th of July: See Baillet's Lives of the Saints, for that day. "Her actions (says this authority) have been so falsified and altered, in the opinion even of Metaphrastes, that the Romish church have not thought proper to insert any of them into their breviary." The Orientals pay reverence to her by the name of Saint Pelagia or Saint Marina, and the western church by that of Saint Geruma or Saint Margaret.