Well not really. The part about the bears isn't true.
St. Margaret of Antioch was a virgin martyr. Part of her story is that she was swallowed by the devil in the form of a dragon and that her cross irritated the dragon's innards and he spit her out.
You have to understand that my favorite saints as a kid always involved dragons. What better symbol of conquering evil than a dragon?
But with St. Margaret, the wonderful part of the story is how the small cross she wore irritated the giant beast's insides. It's another David-Goliath story.
My favorite saint and dragon combination is St. George, who agreed to kill a dragon in exchange for conversion, thus rescuing the king's daughter in the process.
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