Saint Wiborada of Gall
![[Saint Wiborada of Gall]](saintw27.jpg "27kb jpg detail from a coloured pen-and ink-drawing c.1433; 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; please do not write to ask about the image")
- Also known as
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Guiborat
Weibrath
- Memorial
- 2 May
- Profile
- Swabian nobility.
Her brother, Hatto, was a priest and provost of Saint Magnus Church; Wiborada turned her home into a hospital for the sick poor her brother brought to her.
Pilgrim to Rome.
Benedictine nun at Saint Gall's monastery, where she worked as a bookbinder.
Subject of virulent criticism, she eventually withdrew further from the world, becoming an anchoress first near Saint Gall's, then near her brother's church.
Noted for her austerity, and a gift of prophecy, she drew many visitors and would-be students.
One of her prophecies involved the Hungarian invasion of her region; her warning allowed the priests and religious of Saint Gall and Saint Magnus to escape, but Wiborada refused to leave her hermit's cell.
Martyr.
- Born
- 9th century at Klingna, Aargau, Switzerland
- Died
- axed to death in 926
- Canonized
- 1047 by Pope Clement II;
first woman formally canonized by the Vatican
- Representation
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axe
book
Benedictine nun holding a book and axe
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