Overview
- El Norte de Castilla centers the Nov. 16 listing on St. Margaret of Scotland, a Hungarian-born queen consort credited with court reforms, charity to the poor, and church foundations.
- Margaret is presented as a model of Christian rulership who died in 1093 and was later canonized by Pope Innocent IV.
- St. Gertrude the Great is also commemorated, noted for her Benedictine formation at Helfta, mystical visions focused on Christ’s heart, and a cult that spread across Europe by 1302.
- Additional figures named for today include Our Lady of Ostra Brama, St. Edmund Rich, St. Eucherius of Lyon, St. Otmar of Saint Gall, St. Fidencio of Pasua, Sts. Leocadius and Lusor of Dol, and St. Agnes of Assisi.
- The notices explain onomástica as the personal name-day tied to the Catholic calendar, reflecting a long-standing Iberian custom that historically linked given names to feast dates.