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Saints of the Month: February

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Saint Walburga

Painting by the
Master of Meßkirch,
c. 1535–40.

The 25th of February is the feast of Saint Walpurga (AD 710 – 25
February 777 or 779). She is also known as Walburga, Valderburg
or Guibor. She is the patron saint of Eichstätt, Antwerp, sailors,
mariners, and farmers, and against hydrophobia, famine, coughs,
rabies, plague, and storms.

Saint Walpurga lived between 710 and 777. She born near
Devonshire, England and was the daughter of Saint Richard the
Pilgrim (a Saxon king) and the sister of Saints Willibald and

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