Saint Walpurga
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Walpurga or Walburga was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to the Frankish Empire. She was canonized on 1 May c. 870 by Pope Adrian II. Saint Walpurgis Night is the name for the eve of her feast day in the Me
Painting by the Master of Meßkirch, c. 1535–40.
Statue of Walburgis at Walburgis Kapelle at Kirchehrenbach, Germany
The St. Walburga Church in Bruges was originally a Jesuit church
Statue in Contern church.
Richard the Pilgrim
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Richard the Pilgrim or Richard of Wessex was an English nobleman and Christian saint. He was the husband of Wuna of Wessex and the father of the West Saxon saints Willibald, Winnibald, and Walpurga. H
Saint Walpurga
…in Dumnonia, roughly corresponding to modern Devon, during the period it was becoming incorporated into Anglo-Saxon England. She was the daughter of Richard the Pilgrim, a likely Britonnic underking of the West Saxons, and of Wuna of Wessex, and had two brothers, Willibald and Winibald. In 721, Richard set out on a…
Stained glass window in St Ricarius Church, Aberford
Eichstätt Mittelschrein