Walburga (Heilige) (710-779)
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/persinst/31545
- Name (English)
- Walburga (Heilige)
- Short name
- Saint Walpurga
- Year of birth
- 710
- Year of death
- 779
- Short Description
- "Saint Walpurga or Walburga (Old English: Wealdburg, Latin: Valpurga, Walpurga, Walpurgis; c. AD 710 – 25 February 777 or 779), also spelled Valderburg or Guibor, was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to the Frankish Empire. She was canonized on 1 May c. 870 by Pope Adrian II. Saint Walpurgis Night (or "Sankt Walpurgisnacht") is the name for the eve of her feast day, which coincides with May Day." - (en.wikipedia.org 31.01.2020)
- Entity Encoding
- piz
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Heilige Walburga
Gewandfigur der heiligen...
Object information
Image: Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer - CC BY -
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