Margaret of the Mother of God
Dutch Discalced Carmelite lay sister and spiritual writer
About Margaret of the Mother of God
Lived 1587 – 1646 (aged 58–59). Margaret of the Mother of God was a writer.
Margaret of the Mother of God (, , ), born Margriet van Noort, 1587 – 1646) was a Dutch Discalced Carmelite lay sister in the Brussels Carmel.
Life Margriet van Noort was born in Farmsum, in the far north of the Low Countries, in 1587. Her parents were Sebastian van Noort, an officer in the Army of Flanders, and Gertruda Bernaerts. On 8 December 1607 she was admitted to the Brussels Carmel by the foundress of the convent, the Venerable Ana de Jesús, becoming a lay sister in 1609 and taking the name Margaret of the Mother of God. She died there in 1646, aged 59.
Margaret is reputed to have been a prophet and wonderworker. She recorded her spiritual experiences and reflections in an autobiography. An English translation was published in 2015 under the title Spiritual Writings of Sister Margaret of the Mother of God (1635-1643).
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Dutch Discalced Carmelite lay sister and spiritual writer
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