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About St. Walburga
c. 710 – 25 February 779 · Feast February 25 · Abbess / Benedictine / Missionary
Anglo-Saxon Benedictine abbess (c. 710-779), of Wessex, niece of St. Boniface and sister of Sts. Willibald and Winibald; came to Germany in 748 to assist her uncle's mission, succeeded as abbess of the double monastery of Heidenheim. Patron of harvest; the "Walpurgisnacht" of central European folklore takes its name from the eve of her relics' translation, May 1. Pre-Congregation.
St. Walburga is the patron saint of Coughs, Storms, Sailors, Harvests, Rabies Protection and Benedictine Nuns.
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