Scarborough, England, Nov 10, 2011 / 15:32 pm
The death of British television legend Sir Jimmy Savile has re-ignited hopes for the beatification of the Scottish nun he always believed saved his life as a baby.
“I would hope that obituaries being written about Sir Jimmy’s life this week will also remind many people of the life of Venerable Margaret Sinclair and will encourage them to pray to her for more miracles, paving the way for her beatification,” said Monsignor Stephen Robson, vice postulator of her cause for beatification, in a Nov. 10 interview with CNA.
Eighty-four-year-old Sir Jimmy, who was buried today in the English seaside town of Scarborough, attributed his recovery from a serious illness when he was two years old to the intercession of the Venerable Margaret.
“My mother went to the cathedral in Leeds and found a leaflet about Margaret Sinclair and thought she would try that, so she prayed to her,” he told a BBC documentary in 2003. Sir Jimmy said he was so ill that his death certificate had already been written.
“At that moment I apparently took a 100 percent turn for the better and when she came back to the house, my grandparents said I was all right.”