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Saint Walpurga

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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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Born
c. 710 , Crediton , Devonshire , Wessex
Died
25 February 777 or 779, Heidenheim , Francia
Venerated in
Catholic Church , Lutheran Churches , Eastern Orthodox Church , Anglican Communion
Canonized
870 by Pope Adrian II
Feast
25 February, 1 May (relocation of her relics)
Patronage
Eichstätt , Antwerp , Zutphen and other towns

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Saint Walpurga
date of death
0779-02-25
date of birth
0710-00-00
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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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