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• Walburga, Saint — ▪ Frankish abbess also called  Waldburg,  Walpurgis,  Vaubourg , or  Gauburge  born c. 710, probably in the kingdom of Wessex, England died February 25, 779, Heidenheim, Alemannia [now in Germany]; feast day February 25       abbess and… …   Universalium

• Walburga — de Heidenheim Estatua de santa Walburga en la iglesia de Konter o Contern (Luxemburgo) Apodo Walpurgis, Walburge, Valderburger, Waltpurde, Wealdburg, Walburg, Valborg, Valpuri, Vappu, Vaubourg, Falbourg, Gauburge …   Wikipedia Español

• Saint Emma Monastery — (founded 1931) is a Roman Catholic retreat house and monastery for the Sisters of Saint Benedict of Westmoreland County, located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.The current Prioress is Mother Mary Anne Noll OSB.HistoryAfter World War I, the Abbey of… …   Wikipedia

• Walburga — (c. 710–79)    Saint.    Walburga was a native of England. She helped her kinsman, St boniface, with his German mission and, on the death of her brother St Winnebald, she became Abbess of the double monastery at Hildersheim. Her feast on 1 May,… …   Who’s Who in Christianity

• St. Walburga —     St. Walburga     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Walburga     (WALTPURDE, WALPURGIS; at Perche GAUBURGE; in other parts of France VAUBOURG, FALBOURG).     Born in Devonshire, about 710; died at Heidenheim, 25 Feb., 777. She is the patroness of… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart — Maria Anna Mozart Pour les articles homonymes, voir Mozart (homonymie). Maria Anna Mozart (1762) Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart …   Wikipédia en Français

• Walpurgis Night — (esp. in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, esp. on the Brocken. German, Walpurgisnacht /vahl poordd gis nahkht /. * * * Night before May 1. The name comes from the 8th… …   Universalium

• St. Emma Monastery — Saint Emma Monastery ist ein Kloster der Benediktinerinnen in Greensburg (Pennsylvania) in den USA, das zu Föderation der Bayerischen Benediktinerinnenabteien gehört. Geschichte Das Kloster ist eine Gründung der bayerischen Benediktinerinnenabtei …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Königspfalz Attigny — Die Königspfalz Attigny war im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert als Palatium Attiniacum eine der wichtigen Residenzen der karolingischen Kaiser und Könige. Entgegen ihrem Namen stand sie nicht in Attigny am Ufer der Aisne, sondern in einem höher gelegenen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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