Queen Margaret of Scotland - Montgomery, Alabama
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This statue of Saint Margaret Queen of Scotland (1046-1093) is located at the entrance to the Saint Margaret section of Oakwood Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMFG02
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 10/14/2012
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Margaret was an Anglo-Saxon princess whose family could have been in line to inherit the throne, but when William the Conquerer defeated Harold in 1066, she fled with her mother and wound up in Scotland where she married King Malcom III. She had several children. Three of her sons became kings of Scotland, while a daughter married Henry I of England. She was known for her charitable works including the establishment of hospitals and churches. She also played a role in the transition of the Scottish churches to Roman Catholic traditions from the Celtic ones that had been prevalent before. She was canonized in 1250 by Pope Innocent IV.
Originally located in front of Saint Margaret's Hospital in downtown Montgomery, the statue was moved to its current place in 1989 after the Sisters of Charity sold the facility. It was put in place in front of the hospital in 1985, but the original dedication date, November 22, 1985, was cancelled due to inclement weather. The statue was dedicated on April 4, 1986. The sculpture was donated by Nelson and Jane Daniel in honor of Sister Almed Golson. It is now administered by the Saint Margaret's Cemetery Association.
On the base on the front side are two plaques.
The top plaque reads:
ST. MARGARET, QUEEN OF SCOTLAND
BORN 1046 - DIED 1093
IDEAL MOTHER
MONARCH AND BENEFACTRESS TO THE POOR
SCULPTED BY CLYDETTA FULMER
DONATED BY NELSON AND JANE DANIEL
IN HONOR OF SISTER ALMEDA GOLSON
NOVEMBER 22, 1985
The bottom plaque reads:
ST. MARGARET'S GARDEN
DEDICATED BY
JAMES A. PADGETTN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE
CLAUDINE B. PADGETT
The following description of the statue comes from the Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog:
"Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland, 1046-1093, sits on a boulder, leaning slightly on her proper left hand. She is dressed in a long gown with a lace yoke, wearing a hooded cape and a crown. Her hair is in two long, thick braids that hang in front. An open book rests in her lap on her proper right thigh, with a small branch with blooms on top of the book. The sculpture is mounted upon a rectangular base with two plaques on the front, flanked by two detached, inscribed markers, and is set within a planted setting." source: (
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