The Life of Blessed Margaret of Castello (1287-1320)

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Hunchback, midget, blind, lame and ugly. Walled in next to a chapel for 14 years; abandoned by her parents at a shrine, she grew in virtue and fame. Her body remains incorrupt. One of the most inspiring stories we have ever read! 128 pgs,Cover Page; Copyright Page; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction; I. The Castle of Metola; II. The Daughter of the Castellan; III. The Prisoner; IV. Margaret's Suffering; V. Margaret Exchanges Prisons; VI. The German Pilgrims; VII. The Shrine at Castello; VIII. Margaret Is Given Her Freedom; IX. The Homeless Beggar; X. Margaret Enters the Convent; XI. Margaret Is Expelled from the Convent; XII. Margaret Becomes a Mantellata; XIII. The New Dominican Tertiary; XIV. The Troubled House of Peace; XV. Margaret and the Prisoners; XVI. House Afire!; XVII. Margaret Finds a Permanent Home; XVIII. The Miraculous Cure XIX. Margaret's MissionNovena Prayers; Photographs; About The AuthorFather William R. Bonniwell, O.P., spent a large part of his life as a Dominican priest and scholar. He was ordained in 1914 and went on to become the Director of the Preachers' Institute at Washington, D.C. He also spent a considerable amount of time in Italy while gathering information on Blessed Margaret. Father Bonniwell is also the author of *Liturgical Spirit of Lent* , *History of the Dominican Liturgy* , *Interpreting Sunday Mass* , *What Think You of Christ?* , and *Martyrology of the Sacred Order of Preachers*. He died in 1984 after nearly suffering blindness.[novena](https://isidore.co/misc/Res%20pro%20Deo/Prayer%20&%20Missals/St.%20Margaret%20of%20Castello,%20O.P.%20-%20Novena.pdf)