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title: "St. Margaret Ward: Feast Day August 30 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-ward/
description: "St. Margaret Ward, Martyr. Remembered on August 30, died 1588. Read their life in Bless."
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Martyr · Remembered on August 30

# St. Margaret Ward

St. Margaret Ward is remembered on August 30 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [August 30](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/#30) |
| Title | Martyr |
| Died | 1588 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Monday, August 30, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-ward/#calendar) |

## Life

A gentlewoman of London who smuggled a rope into Bridewell prison to free a priest; the escape succeeded, the rope was traced. Racked and hung by the wrists, offered pardon if she would attend the new services, she answered she was glad of the deed and could not buy life at that price. She was hanged at Tyburn.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Margaret Ward. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Monday, August 30, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/30/) | Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time | Green | 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 · Psalm 96:1 and 3, 4-5, 11-12, 13 · See Luke 4:18 · Luke 4:16-30 |
| [Wednesday, August 30, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/30/) | Wednesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time | Green | 2 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 16-18 · Psalm 128:1-2, 4-5 · 1 John 2:5 · Matthew 23:27-32 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[August 29 St. Sabina](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-sabina/) [August 31 Sts. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-joseph-of-arimathea-and-nicodemus/)

[All the saints of August](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/) [Born on August 30?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#08-30) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Margaret Ward

Remembered on August 30

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-ward/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-ward/#calendar)

In the app

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