Saint Walburga
Also known as: Auboué; Avangour; Avongourg; Bugga; Falbourg; Gaubourg; Gauburge; Gaudurge; Gualbourg; Valborg; Valburg; Valburga; Valpurga; Valpurge; Valpuri; Vaubouer; Vaubourg; Walbourg; Walburg; Walburge; Walpurd; Walpurga; Walpurgis; Waltpurde; Warpurg
Feast Day
25 February; 1 May; 12 October (translation of relics to Eichstätt); 24 September (translation of relics to Zutphen)
Born
C.710 at Devonshire, Wessex, England
Died
25 February 779 at Heidenheim, Swabia, Germany of natural causes
Canonized
By Pope Adrian II
Biography
Saint Walburga, also known by various names such as Auboué, Bugga, Valborg, and Walpurga, was born around 710 in Devonshire, Wessex, England. She came from a noble family, being the daughter of Saint Richard the King and the sister of Saint Willibald and Saint Winebald.
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