Saint Walburga was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to the Frankish Empire. She was born in the county of Devon, England, into a local aristocratic family. She was the daughter of Richard the Pilgrim, an underking of the West Saxons, and of Wuna of Wessex, and had two brothers, Willibald and Winibald.


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The legend of St. Walburga : transfer of the saints to Eichstädt - Painting by Johann Heel

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Saint Walburga was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to the Frankish Empire. She was born in the county of Devon, England, into a local aristocratic family. She was the daughter of Richard the Pilgrim, an underking of the West Saxons, and of Wuna of Wessex, and had two brothers, Willibald and Winibald.


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