{"id":2693,"date":"2021-08-24T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=2693"},"modified":"2021-08-17T08:02:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T12:02:58","slug":"263-st-valpurga-5th-in-a-family-of-6-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=2693","title":{"rendered":"263- St. Valpurga, 5th (of 6) family members to be a saint!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/20158961\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/stats-code\/series21_Episode34\/\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St Valpurga is the 5th of 6 saints from an English family who lived in the 700\u2019s. Daughter of Ss. Wuna and Richard of Wessex, niece of St. Boniface and sister of Ss. Winebald and Willibald.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Valpurga-930x1400.jpg\" alt=\"Icon of St Valpurga\" class=\"wp-image-2702\" width=\"462\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Valpurga-930x1400.jpg 930w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Valpurga-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Valpurga-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Valpurga-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Valpurga-1361x2048.jpg 1361w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Valpurga-1200x1806.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Valpurga-scaled.jpg 1701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 85vw, 462px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/catholicsaints.info\/saint-winebald-of-heidenheim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St Winebald credit- https:\/\/catholicsaints.info\/saint-winebald-of-heidenheim\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St Valpurga due to the depth of her learning is credited by some as the first female writer from England AND Germany! She wrote what has been called the first \u2018travel log\u2019 which consisted of the travels of her older brother St WillIebald on a pilgrimage of Christian shrines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St Valpurga helped her brother St Williebald found a double monastery, a community for both monks and nuns at Heidenheim. She headed the nuns there at the monastery and her eldest brother St Winebald became the head of the monks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"957\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2880px-Heilige_Wuna_rechts-1400x957.jpg\" alt=\"Graffiti of the family of saints from wiki commons\" class=\"wp-image-2685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2880px-Heilige_Wuna_rechts-1400x957.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2880px-Heilige_Wuna_rechts-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2880px-Heilige_Wuna_rechts-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2880px-Heilige_Wuna_rechts-1536x1050.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2880px-Heilige_Wuna_rechts-2048x1399.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2880px-Heilige_Wuna_rechts-1200x820.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>St Wuna is on the right along with her husband Richard, then Winebald, St Valpurga and St Williebald from Wikicommons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>For more about St. Valpurga here are my primary sources for this podcast:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stgregoryoc.org\/st-walburga-abbess\/\" target=\"_blank\">St. Gregory Orthodox Church.org<\/a> (they call her St Walburga)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prayers4reparation.wordpress.com\/tag\/st-richard-the-pilgrim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prayers for Reparation.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/walburga.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado&#8217;s Abbey of St Walburga- Walburga.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ablessedcalltolove.com\/products\/patrons\/st-walburga-healing-oil-patron-for-storms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St Walburga and Healing Oil story- ABlessedCallToLove.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abtei-st-walburg.de\/en\/saint-walburga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diocese of Eichst\u00e4tt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:65px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I value feedback through the comments section here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OR- Better via email at <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">NikosSteves@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The origin of these podcasts began with my book <em>The Constant Procession.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession (the podcast) is published here every Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:65px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Podcast-Academy-Member-Card-lemon.png\" alt=\"The Podcast Academy Member Logo\" class=\"wp-image-2191\" width=\"437\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Podcast-Academy-Member-Card-lemon.png 360w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Podcast-Academy-Member-Card-lemon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Podcast-Academy-Member-Card-lemon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 85vw, 437px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St Valpurga is the 5th of 6 saints from an English family who lived in the 700\u2019s. 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