Margaret of the Mother of God

This article is about the 17th-century mystic. For the 20th-century stained glass artist, see Margaret Agnes Rope.

Margaret of the Mother of God
Margriet van de Moeder Gods
Personal
Born	Margriet van Noort 1587 Farmsum, Lordship of Groningen, Habsburg Netherlands
Died	1646 Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands
Religion	Christianity
Nationality	Dutch
Notable work(s)	Spiritual autobiography
Monastic name	Margarita a Matre Dei
Profession	1609
Organization
Order	Discalced Carmelite
Senior posting
Profession	1609
Post	Lay sister

Margaret of the Mother of God (Dutch: Margriet van de Moeder Gods, French: Marguerite de la Mère de Dieu, Latin: Magarita a Matre Dei), 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).