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Saint Walpurga
Sign in to saveAlso known as Saint Walburga, St Walburga, Walburga, Valderburg, Saint Valderburg, St Valderburg, Guibor, Saint Guibor
West Saxon saint
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Key facts
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walburga
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Wessex
- Place of birth
- Crediton
- Place of death
- Q548982
- Father
- Richard the Pilgrim
- Mother
- Wuna of Wessex
- Sibling
- Willibald
- Occupation
- hegumen
- Position held
- abbess
- Educated at
- Wimborne Minster
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Noble title
- princess
- Image
- Hl Walburga.jpg
- Religious order
- Benedictines
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- Commons category
- Saint Walpurga
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- date of death
- 0779-02-25
- date of birth
- 0710-00-00
- feast day
- February 25
- P8168
- Ingeborg Midttømme
- subject has role
- Virgin
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life
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