Wuna of Wessex

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Saint Wuna of Wessex
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Statue of St. Wuna of Wessex at the Convent of St. Walburg, Eichstätt
Born7th century
Died710 C.E.
Venerated inCatholic Church
FeastFebruary 7

Saint Wuna of Wessex (also known as Wunna, Winna, Wina, and Bonna) was a 7th and 8th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman and Christian saint.

According to Christian tradition, Wuna was the wife of Saint Richard the Pilgrim and the mother of Saint Willibald, Saint Walpurga, and Saint Winibald.[1][2] She was from a noble family in Wessex.[3] Some scholars have argued that she was a sister of Saint Boniface.[4]

She is venerated in the Catholic Church with a feast day on 7 February. She died around the year 710.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Saint Winebald of Heidenheim". 18 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Wunna - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon". www.heiligenlexikon.de (in German).
  3. ^ "Wuna und Richard: Eltern im Schatten berühmter Kinder". donaukurier.de.
  4. ^ Jacob-Bamberg, G. (1899). "Hat der h. Willibald von Eichstätt das Kloster Milz bei Römhild 783 eingeweiht?". Neue Beiträge zur Geschichte deutschen Altertums (in German). Hennebergischer Altertumsforschender Verein, Meiningen. 14: 53.
  5. ^ Holböck, Ferdinand; Miller, Michael J. (trans.) (2002). "Married Saints and Blesseds: Through the Centuries". San Francisco: Ignatius Press. ISBN 9780898708431.
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