Margaret of Castello was born hunchback, dwarf, blind and lame in 1287 to a wealthy Florence family, who shut her up in a cell most of her childhood. When she was not cured, they abandoned her at a shrine while still young. Embraced by the street beggars, she eventually entered the Church and became an inspiration to those around her, visiting prisoners and helping the sick and dying.  After she died at 33, she was made patron saint for the unwanted and abandoned.  Her story is rich with irony, humor, passion and profound acceptance of humanity, no matter their physical condition or status