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Detail From A Coloured PenAnd InkDrawing C1433 It Is The Oldest Known Portrayal of Saint Wiborada It Is Found In A Book Written For The Nuns In The Benedictine Convent of Saint Georgen Near Saint Gall Manuscript Written And Perhaps Painted By The Monk Friedrich Kölner From Hersfeld
Detail From A Coloured PenAnd InkDrawing C1433 It Is The Oldest Known Portrayal of Saint Wiborada It Is Found In A Book Written For The Nuns In The Benedictine Convent of Saint Georgen Near Saint Gall Manuscript Written And Perhaps Painted By The Monk Friedrich Kölner From Hersfeld

Saint Wiborada of Gall

Also known as: Guiborat; Viborada; Weibrath

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

May 2

Canonized

1047 by Pope Clement II

Biography

Saint Wiborada of Gall, also known as Guiborat, Viborada, or Weibrath, was born in the 9th century to a noble family in Klingna, Aargau, Switzerland. She grew up alongside her brother, Hatto, who became a priest and provost of Saint Magnus church. From an early age, Wiborada had a compassionate heart and a desire to help those in need....

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