Talk:Saint Walpurga
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When was she sainted? Voretustalk 17:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 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)
[edit] More info and citations and name change
I see that most of the "official" Catholic sites spell her name "Walburga", not Walpurga. There are also two great articles for research/citation for flushing this page out some more. Her cause of death isn't given in either this article or the Walpurgis Night one. Anyone object to my making changes/additions based on the below sources? Does anyone have better sources for this?
Her section of Feb 25th's Reading of the Martyrology is, "In the monastery of Heidenheim, in the Eichstadt diocese in Germany, St. Walburga, virgin. She was the daughter of St. Richard, king of England, and sister of St. Willebald, bishop of Eichstadt."
http://www.breviary.net/martyrology/mart02/mart0225.htm
Much more info on each of these sites... http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15526b.htm http://www.fisheaters com/walpurgisnacht.html - blacklisted for some reason
Named Walburga http://vatican.mondosearch.com/search_en.aspx?query=walburga not Walpurga
Shamanchill (talk) 03:54, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
