RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Walpurga

710 - 779

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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 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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Walpurga is the 492nd most popular religious figure (up from 650th in 2019), the 384th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 470th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Religious Figure.

Saint Walpurga is most famous for being the patron saint of those who suffer from epilepsy.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Walpurga ranks 492 out of 3,187. Before her are Gad, Saint Florian, Pope John IV, Pope Agapetus I, Saint Spyridon, and Maximus the Confessor. After her are Basilios Bessarion, Antipope Benedict XIII, Pope Benedict V, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pope Stephen II, and Zaynab bint Ali.

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Among people born in 710, Saint Walpurga ranks 2. Before her is Rabia of Basra. After her are Krum, Desiderius, Carloman, Antipope Constantine II, Sevar of Bulgaria, Aureolus of Aragon, and Lullus. Among people deceased in 779, Saint Walpurga ranks 1. After her are Emperor Daizong of Tang, and Saint Sturm.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Saint Walpurga ranks 384 out of 8,785. Before her are David Lloyd George (1863), Arthur Evans (1851), Robert Fripp (1946), Roger Penrose (1931), William Wordsworth (1770), and James George Frazer (1854). After her are Clement Attlee (1883), Francis Galton (1822), Frederic Leighton (1830), David Prowse (1935), Graham Greene (1904), and Richard Henderson (1945).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Saint Walpurga ranks 5. Before her are Saint Patrick (385), Saint Boniface (680), John Harvard (1607), and Saint Ursula (400). After her are Alcuin (735), William Laud (1573), John Wesley (1703), Thomas Becket (1119), Pope Adrian IV (1100), John Knox (1514), and Edward the Confessor (1003).

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