Religious Figure

Saint Walpurga

West Saxon saint

710 - 779

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Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Walpurga is the 493rd most popular religious figure (up from 649th in 2024), the 384th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 470th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Religious Figure.

Saint Walpurga is most famous for being the patron saint of those who suffer from epilepsy.

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#4,582

More than 12 centuries after death, Saint Walpurga still holds rank #4,582 among all individuals in Pantheon.

441

Saint Walpurga is one of only 441 women among the 3,187 Religious Figures in Pantheon.

32

Saint Walpurga's biography appears in 32 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 75% of all Religious Figures.

Jan 1

Saint Walpurga shares a January 1 birthday with Mary, mother of Jesus, Saint Peter, and Laozi.

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Among Religious Figures

Among religious figures, Saint Walpurga ranks 493 out of 3,187. Before her are Gad, Saint Florian, Pope John IV, Pope Agapetus I, Saint Spyridon, and Maximus the Confessor. After her are Basilios Bessarion, Antipope Benedict XIII, Pope Benedict V, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pope Stephen II, and Zaynab bint Ali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 710, Saint Walpurga ranks 2. Before her is Rabia of Basra. After her are Krum, Desiderius, Carloman, Antipope Constantine II, Sevar of Bulgaria, Aureolus of Aragon, and Lullus. Among people deceased in 779, Saint Walpurga ranks 1. After her are Emperor Daizong of Tang, and Saint Sturm.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Saint Walpurga ranks 384 out of 8,785. Before her are David Lloyd George (1863), Arthur Evans (1851), Robert Fripp (1946), Roger Penrose (1931), William Wordsworth (1770), and James George Frazer (1854). After her are Clement Attlee (1883), Francis Galton (1822), Frederic Leighton (1830), David Prowse (1935), Graham Greene (1904), and Richard Henderson (1945).

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Among Religious Figures In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Saint Walpurga ranks 5. Before her are Saint Patrick (385), Saint Boniface (680), John Harvard (1607), and Saint Ursula (400). After her are Alcuin (735), William Laud (1573), John Wesley (1703), Thomas Becket (1119), Pope Adrian IV (1100), John Knox (1514), and Edward the Confessor (1003).

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