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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Santa Walburga - Juan de Roelas, c. 1605. Church of San Miguel and San Julián, Valladolid.

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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


Juan de Roelas [Public domain]

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