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    Walpurga or Walburga (Old English: Wealdburg; Latin: Valpurga, Walpurga, Walpurgis; Swedish: Valborg; c. 710 – 25 February 777 or 779) was an Anglo-Saxon...
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  • Walpurga or Walpurgis may refer to Saint Walpurga (8th century), an English missionary in Germany Walpurgis Night, a holiday celebrated in Central and...
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    Walpurgis Night (category Saints' days)
    Saint Walpurgis Night (from the German Sankt-Walpurgisnacht [zaŋkt valˈpʊʁɡɪsˌnaxt]), also known as Saint Walpurga's Eve (alternatively spelled Saint...
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  • 256 Walpurga is a large Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 3 April 1886 in Vienna and was named after Saint Walburga. Photometric...
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    became Walpurgis Night, commemorating the official canonization of Saint Walpurga on 1 May 870. It continued the tradition of lighting bonfires. Folklorist...
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    (1883–1957), art painter, (New Objectivity), 1943–1955 in Eichstätt Saint Walpurga, also spelled Valderburg or Guibor (AD 710 – 25 February 777 or 779)...
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    Barbarus the Former Robber Simon the Athonite Saint Walpurga: "Famous among the oils of saints is the Oil of Saint Walburga (Walburgis oleum). It flows from...
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    broch, Het Steen. (In the 12th century, this church was dedicated to Saint Walpurga.) According to legend, Pirmin blessed a spring that wells up near Kaundorf...
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    patron saint of tin miners 12 March – Paul Aurelian, brother of St Sidwell 7 April – St Brannock, as celebrated in Exeter 1 May – Saint Walpurga of Devon...
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    shrine for Eucharistic Devotion. St Walburge's is dedicated to Saint Walpurga, an English saint, born 710 AD., daughter of St Richard, a West Saxon king. With...
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    (Walpurgisnacht) on the night of 30 April—the eve of the feast day of Saint Walpurga—witches gather on the Brocken mountain, the highest peak in the Harz...
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    dedicated to Saint Othmar, but after the city purchased the ruins of Burgraves' Castle, it was rebuilt and dedicated to Saint Walpurga. Destroyed in...
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  • DMP · 254 255 Oppavia – Opava, now Czech Republic DMP · 255 256 WalpurgaSaint Walpurga DMP · 256 257 Silesia – Silesia, region of central Europe DMP ·...
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    1687–1692. The largest and oldest church of the city is the St. Walburgis (Saint Walpurga) church, which originally dates from the eleventh century. The present...
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  • Robigalia. Walpurgis Night is the eve of the Christian feast day of Saint Walpurga or Walburga, celebrated on the night of 30 April and into 1 May. In...
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    Saint Rumbold Saint Boniface (English, 8th century) Saint Walpurga, Saint Willibald and Saint Winibald (English siblings assisting St Boniface) Saint...
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  • French: St. Joan of Arc; St. Denis, St. Martin of Tours. Flemings: Saint Walpurga. Gaels: St Columba, St. Brigid of Kildare Galicians: St. James the Great...
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    positioned alongside him. On the right outer wing stands Saint Catherine of Alexandria, accompanied by Saint Eligius. On the socles, garlands of fruit announce...
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    maecenas. He arranged for Rubens to get the order for a triptych for the Saint Walpurga church in Antwerp, which resulted in the Elevation of the Cross, now...
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    monastery of Heidenheim, Bavaria, founded by Saint Willibald around 742, and later led by his sister, Saint Walpurga. A characteristic unique to Anglo-Saxon...
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    include Ewald, Lebuin, Leoba, and Suidbert. Saint Walpurga (Walburga) and her brothers Saint Willibald and Saint Winibald assisted Boniface, Willibald founding...
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  • Saint Walburg, St. Walburg or variants thereof, may refer to: Saint Walpurga (c. 710–777 or 779), Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint St. Walburg, Saskatchewan...
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  • Adeodata Pisani Blessed Robert of Arbrissel, founder of Fontevraud Abbey Saint Walpurga (she was canonised on 1 May c. 870 and Walpurgis Night is celebrated...
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  • Utrechts Conservatorium. Since 1969, Matter has been an organist at Saint Walpurga Church in Zutphen. He retired from this position in 2002 and was succeeded...
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    Saint Peter, Sint Pieter Saint Anthony, Scharn Saint Walpurga, Amby Our Lady of Tongeren Treasury of the Basilica of Saint Servatius Limousin septennial...
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    community is named for the wife of the first postmaster, but also to honour Saint Walpurga, an 8th century English nun educated by the Benedictines, who was canonized...
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    Hahnenkamm (housing monks and nuns), was founded by Saint Willibald and was later led by Saint Walpurga who became abbess after his death. Secular power...
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    further up to 27,106 in December 2005. The Catholic church is devoted to Saint Walpurga (Heilige Walburga). Until 1803 the Benedictines had a monastery in Cyriax...
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    chains, and books. This includes the library built in the Church of Saint Walpurga, located in the small town of Zutphen in the Netherlands. This library...
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  • Walburg may refer to: Saint Walpurga (c. 710–777 or 779), also spelled Walburg, Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint Marek Walburg (born 1976), Polish football...
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