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 Medieval period, which coincided with May Day; her feast is no longer celebrated on that day but the name is still used for May Eve.

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• Eichstätt
• Antwerp
• Zutphen
• other towns

710

25 February 777 or 779

Canonized

870

Pope Adrian II

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