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Also known as Saint Walburga, St Walburga, Walburga, Valderburg, Saint Valderburg, St Valderburg, Guibor, Saint Guibor
West Saxon saint
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Walpurga or Walburga (Old English: Wealdburg; Latin: Valpurga, Walpurga, Walpurgis; Swedish: Valborg; c. 710 – 25 February 777 or 779) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to the Frankish Empire. She was canonized on 1 May c. 870 by Pope Adrian II. Saint Walpurgis Night (or "Sankt Walpurgisnacht") is the name for the eve of her feast day in the Medieval period, which coincided with May Day; her feast is no longer celebrated on that day (even though the celebration of Valborg, is on the last of April) but the name is still used for May Eve.
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