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Our Twelve Windows
From dawn to dusk, in the darkest hour as well as in the brightest;
the House of God is the constant still-point in an ever-changing world of rush and change.
Standing in St Margaret's, you are surrounded by twelve beautiful stained glass windows depicting saints from the past. With the clock-style aerial view of the church below, you can view all twelve.
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About St Margaret:
Margaret was the granddaughter of King Edmund Ironside of England and the great-niece of Saint Stephen of Hungary. She was born in Hungary in the year 1045 while her family was in exile due to the Danish invasion of England; however she still spent much of her youth in the British Isles.
While fleeing the invading army of William the Conqueror in 1066, her family's ship wrecked on the Scottish coast. They were assisted by King Malcolm III Canmore of Scotland, whom Margaret married in 1070, becoming Queen of Scotland. They had eight children, one of whom was Saint Maud, wife of Henry I. Margaret founded abbeys and used her position to work for justice and improved conditions for the poor.
Margaret died 16 November 1093 at Edinburgh Castle four days after her husband and son died in defence of the castle; buried in front of the high altar at Dunfermline, Scotland; relics later removed to a nearby shrine; the bulk of her relics were destroyed in stages during the Protestant Reformation and the French Revolution.
She was canonized in 1251 by Pope Innocent IV.
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