SAINTS FOR FEBRUARY 25

 SAINTS FOR FEBRUARY  25

St. Walburga, 779 A.D. St. Walburga, Virgin. Walburga was born in Devonshire England, around 710. She was the daughter of a West Saxon chieftain and the sister of St. Willibald and Winebald. Walburga was educated at Wimborne Monastery in Dorset, where she became a nun. In 748, she was sent with St. Lioba to Germany to help St. Boniface in his missionary work. She spent two years at Bishofsheim, after which she became Abbess of the double monastery at Heidenheim founded by her brother Winebald. At the death of Winebald, St. Walburga was appointed Abbess of both monasteries by her brother Willibald, who was then Bishop of Eichstadt. She remained superior of both men and women until her death in 779. She was buried first at Heidenheim, but later her body was interred next to that of her brother, St. Winebald, at Eichstadt.  

Bl. Maria Adeodata Pisani Roman Catholic Nun, had "a difficult childhood as her parents did not live together. She renounced and disposed of her wealth, willingly living as a cloistered nun." Feastday Feb.25

Saint Tarasios was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 25 December 784 until his death on 25 February 806

ST. NESTOR, BISHOP OF MAGYDOS AND MARTYR