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See also:WALPURGIS (WALPURGA Or WALBURGA) ,2 ST (d. C. 780), See also:English missionary to See also:Germany, was See also:born in See also:Sussex at the beginning of the 8th See also:century. She was the See also:sister of Willibald, the first See also:bishop of See also:Eichstatt in See also:Bavaria, and Wunnibald, first See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot of See also:Heidenheim. Her See also:father, See also:Richard, is thought to have been a son of Hlothere, 9th See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Kent; her See also:mother, Winna or Wuna, a sister of St See also:Boniface. At the instance of Boniface and Willibald she went about 750 with some other nuns to found
1 The Letters of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Walpole, S.J., from the See also:original See also:manuscripts at Stonyhurst See also:College, were edited by the Rev. See also:Augustus Jessopp for private circulation 1873). See the Rev. A. Jessopp, One See also:Generation of a See also:Norfolk See also:House (1878).
2 See also:French forms of the name are Gualbourg, Falbourg, Vaubourg and Avougourg.
religious houses in Germany. Her first See also:settlement was at Bischofsheim in the See also:diocese of See also:Mainz, and two years later (754) she became See also:abbess of the See also:Benedictine nunnery at Heidenheim in the diocese of Eichstatt. On the See also:death of Wunnibald in 76o she succeeded him in his See also:charge also, retaining the superintendence of both houses until her death. Her See also:relics were translated to Eichstatt, where she was laid in a hollow See also:rock, trcm which exuded a See also:kind of bituminous oil afterwards known as Walpurgis oil, and regarded as of miraculous efficacy against disease. It is still said to exude from the See also:saint's bones (especially from See also:October to See also:February) and was chosen by See also:Cardinal See also:Newman as an example of a credible See also:miracle. The See also:cave became a See also:place of See also:pilgrimage, and a See also:fine See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church was built over the spot. Walpurgis is commemorated at various times, but principally on the 1st of May, her See also:day taking the place of an earlier See also:heathen festival which was characterized by various See also:rites marking the beginning of summer. She is regarded as the protectress against magic arts (cf. the Walpurgis-Nacht See also:dance in See also:Goethe's See also:Faust). In See also:art she is represented with a See also:crozier, and bearing in her See also:hand a See also:flask of See also:balsam.
Her See also:life was written by the See also:presbyter Wolfhard and dedicated to Erkenbald, bishop of Eichstatt (884-916). See the Bollandist Acta sanctorum, vol. iii. February 25. On Walpurgis, Willibald and Wunnibald see G. F. See also:- BROWNE
- BROWNE, EDWARD HAROLD (18,1–1891)
- BROWNE, ISAAC HAWKINS (1705-1760)
- BROWNE, JAMES (1793–1841)
- BROWNE, MAXIMILIAN ULYSSES, COUNT VON, BARON DE CAMUS AND MOUNTANY (1705-1757)
- BROWNE, PETER (?1665-1735)
- BROWNE, ROBERT (1550-1633)
- BROWNE, SIR JAMES (1839–1896)
- BROWNE, SIR THOMAS (1605-1682)
- BROWNE, WILLIAM (1591–1643)
- BROWNE, WILLIAM GEORGE (1768-1813)
Browne, Boniface of See also:Crediton and his Companions (See also:London, 191o), vii.
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