Saint Margaret of Antioch, martyred 304. Sainte Marguerite, daughter of pagan priest Aedesius, betrothed to General Olybrius, tortured, survived being eaten by Satan in the form of a dragon and finally beheaded. Copperplate stipple engraving from Mr. M. E’s Les Jeunes Martyres de la Foi Chretienne, Young Martyrs of the Christian Faith, Francois Janet, Paris, 1819.

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