Blessed Margaret of Louvain (also known as Marguerite la Fière) (1207–1225) is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church

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. She was a servant from Louvain

Leuven

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, Brabant

Duchy of Brabant

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, Belgium

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 who witnessed robbers kill her employers. She fled the scene, but was murder

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ed herself when they caught up to her on the banks of the Deel River. She had planned to enter a convent

Convent

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. After her death, she was buried on the riverbank where she died. Miracle

Miracle

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s were attributed to her. Her remains were transferred to a chapel

Chapel

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in St. Peter's churchyard in Louvain.