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Walpurga died on 25 February 777 or 779 (the records are unclear) and was buried at Heidenheim; the day carries her name in the Catholic church calendar. In 870, Walpurga's remains were translated to Eichstätt. In Finland, Sweden, and Bavaria, her feast day commemorates the transfer of her relics on 1 May.
Walpurgis Night (/ v æ l ˈ p ʊər ɡ ɪ s, v ɑː l-,-ˈ p ɜːr-/), [3] [4] an abbreviation of Saint Walpurgis Night (from the German Sankt-Walpurgisnacht [zaŋkt valˈpʊʁɡɪsˌnaxt]), also known as Saint Walpurga's Eve (alternatively spelled Saint Walburga's Eve) and Walpurgisnacht, is the eve of the Christian feast day of Saint Walpurga, an 8th-century abbess in Francia, and is ...
Walpurga or Walpurgis may refer to Saint Walpurga (8th century), an English missionary in Germany; Walpurgis Night, a holiday celebrated in Central and Northern Europe; Royal Armouries Ms. I.33, a medieval manuscript on swordsmanship which is also called "Walpurgis MS" La Noche de Walpurgis, a Spanish horror movie; 256 Walpurga, Main Belt asteroid
It is named after Saint Walpurga, the patron of the local church. Locally, the settlement is known as Šentomperga. [5] The name of the settlement was changed from Sveta Valburga (literally, 'Saint Walpurga') to Valburga (literally, 'Walpurga') in 1952. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations ...
Articles relating to Walpurgis Night (30 April – 1 May), the eve of the Christian feast day of Saint Walpurga, an 8th-century abbess in Francia. This feast commemorates the canonization of Saint Walpurga and the movement of her relics to Eichstätt, both of which occurred on 1 May 870.
The largest and oldest church of the city is the St. Walburgis (Saint Walpurga) church, which originally dates from the eleventh century. The present Gothic building contains monuments of the former counts of Zutphen, a fourteenth-century candelabrum , an elaborate copper font (1527), and a monument to the Van Heeckeren family (1700).
St. Willibald founded the Diocese of Eichstätt on the site of an old Roman station (Aureatum or Rubilocus) in 741. [3] The city was given walls and chartered in 908. It was ruled by a prince-bishop, and in the Holy Roman Empire was the seat of the Bishopric of Eichstätt until secularization in 1802. In 1806, it became a part of the Kingdom of ...
St. Walburga Church, 1565. The church's history predates the 8th century. The very first chapel built within the walls on the right bank of the Scheldt dates from 727, and was destroyed by the Normans in 836. In 900 a new burcht is built on the same spot with a new church, dedicated to Saint Walpurga, next to the fortress Het Steen.