Saint Walpurga
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| Saint Walpurga | |
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| Born | 710s, Devonshire |
| Died | February 25, 779, Heidenheim |
| Canonized | 870 by Adrian II |
| Feast | Varies |
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Saint Walpurga (variants include Walpurgis, Valborg, Walburge, Wealdburg, Valderburger), born in Wessex, ca. 710, died at Heidenheim, 25 February 779 was an English missionary in Germany. She was canonized on 1 May of ca. 870 by Pope Adrian II.
Together with her brothers, Saint Willibald and Saint Winibald, she travelled to Württemberg to assist Saint Boniface. She became a nun and lived in the convent of Heidenheim near Eichstätt, which was founded by Winibald. Walpurga died on 25 February 779 and that day still carries her name in the Catholic calendar, but in the Swedish calendar, her feast day is 1 May, the date of Walpurgis Night. Walpurgis night is actually designated as the night of April 30th, the day before Saint Walpurga's feast day, when the witches and other occult folk can celebrate before being banished by the dawn of this Saint's special day.
Walpurga is the patroness of Eichstätt, Antwerp and other towns.
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