Celebrated on August 30th
Martyr. Margaret Clitherow was born in 1555, in Middleton, Yorkshire, into a Protestant family. Her father, Thomas Middleton, was Sheriff of York from 1564 to 1565. Margaret was married at the age of 15 to John Clitherow who had a thriving butchery trade. The couple had three children and lived in The Shambles.
Irish hermit, patron saint of horticulturist and those suffering venereal disease. St Fiacre sought 'exile for Christ' in the 7th century leaving his native land for France where Bishop St Faro gave him land for a hermitage at Breuil, near Meaux.