Tag: Saint Wiborada
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07 Works, Today, May 3rd, is Saint Wiborada’s day, With Footnotes – #124
Saint Wiborada of St. Gall (also Guiborat, Weibrath or Viborata) (died 926) was a member of the Swabian nobility in what is present-day Switzerland. She was an anchoress, Benedictine nun, and martyr, as well as the first woman formally canonized by the Catholic Church. Wiborada was born to a wealthy noble family in Swabia. When…