Saint Walpurga

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Saint Walpurga was an 8th-century English missionary and abbess venerated as a Christian saint, particularly associated with the Christianization of pagan regions in Germany.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Saint Walburga 3
Saint Walpurga canonical 1
Walpurga 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 8th-century Christian
Anglo-Saxon missionary
Christian saint
abbess
missionary
associatedTradition Walpurgis Night
associatedWith Eichstätt
Heidenheim Abbey
birthDate c. 710
birthPlace Kingdom of Wessex
surface form: Wessex
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Wessex
cultCenter Eichstätt
Heidenheim an der Brenz
surface form: Heidenheim
deathDate 25 February 777
deathPlace Heidenheim an der Brenz
surface form: Heidenheim
educatedAt monastery at Wimborne
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
father Saint Richard the Pilgrim
feastDay 1 May
25 February
feastDayNote 1 May associated with translation of her relics
givenName Saint Walpurga self-linksurface differs
surface form: Walpurga
iconographicAttribute abbess holding a vial of oil
abbess with a book and crozier
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
Old English
movement Christianization of Germanic peoples
notableFamilyMember Saint Richard the Pilgrim
Saint Willibald
Saint Willibald
surface form: Saint Winibald
notableFor missionary work in Bavaria
missionary work in Franconia
notableWork Christianization of pagan regions in Germany
occupation abbess
missionary
patronage Eichstätt
farmers
protection against coughs
protection against rabies
protection against storms
sailors
placeOfBurial Eichstätt
positionHeld abbess of Heidenheim
religion Christianity
sexOrGender female
sibling Saint Willibald
Saint Winibald
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheranism
surface form: Lutheran Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Walpurgis Night namedAfter Saint Walpurga
St Walburge's Church dedicatedTo Saint Walpurga
this entity surface form: Saint Walburga
St Walburge's Church namedAfter Saint Walpurga
this entity surface form: Saint Walburga
Saint Walpurga givenName Saint Walpurga self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Walpurga
St Walburga Church namedAfter Saint Walpurga
this entity surface form: Saint Walburga