Talk:Saint Walpurga

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When was she sainted? Voretus^talk 17:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Is Vappu ever used to refer to the saint?

I really have to question inclusion of (the Finnish word) "Vappu" as one the variant spellings of her name. I suspect Vappu is pretty much exclusively used to refer to the day of her feast, and not (that I know of anyhow) to the saint. "Valpuri" is likely the legitimate Finnish form of her name.

I just made a full text search of the article Saint Patrick, and within it there was no mention of "Saint Pat", even though I think it is obvious that is a well attested usage. So I'll just be bold and edit the article to conform with Saint Patricks article. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 22:41, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Just to make doubly sure I googled for "Pyhä Vappu", which she would have been called, had she been considered a saint, by that name. And no, no hits at all. Vappu may be holy to us finns, only Walpurgis isn't it; the very bubbly frolic, thank you very much, is. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 22:51, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Palm not possible?

Can anyone explain and edit this sentence (prefereably the person who wrote it in the first place). I found it in the Swedish article, which is basically a word-by-word translation of the English article, and the translaton makes even less sense. "The earliest representation of Walpurga, in the early 11th-century Hitda Codex, depicts her holding stylized stalks of grain. In other images the object has been called a palm, which is not possible, as Walpurga was not martyred." This would have been possible if the artist believed that she was martyred, which is very possible that he thought if she was a saint, so why is this impossible? Please somebody clarify! (Not here - in the article...) 195.67.45.178 (talk) 12:43, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Link to Palm branch (symbol) makes this clearer.--Wetman (talk) 16:46, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Winibald's vita should be Willibald's vita?

"Because of her rigorous training, she was able to write her brother Winibald's vita and an account in Latin of his travels in Palestine". However, looking at Willibalds and Winibalds wiki pages, it seems that Willibald was the brother to go to Palestine and Winibald only got as far as Rome and afterwards went to Germany. Is this correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.82.23.159 (talk) 19:27, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Hugeburc of Heidenheim wrote those vitae, not Walpurga, and it is correct: Willibald went to Palestine; Winnibald remained in Europe. 167.57.17.129 (talk) 14:43, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

I've rewritten the passage to clarify that Hugeburc wrote the Vita Willibaldi. Some of the 19th- and early 20th-century references have outdated information as it was only discovered in 1931 that she was the author. gobonobo ^{+ c} 16:33, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

How did an St. Walburga church come about in Antwerp (Belgium)?

For some whyfor, I'm doubting it was her missionary work, nevertheless it would be good to know how Saint Walburga's came to be linked to Antwerp? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.67.247.107 (talk) 18:13, 22 October 2015 (UTC)