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Walpurga remained at Wimborne where she was educated, and in the course of time became a nun.
The nuns of Wimborne were skilled at copying and ornamenting manuscripts. And they were celebrated for Opus Anglicanum, a fine needlework utilizing gold and silver threads on rich velvet or linen, often decorated with jewels and pearls. Such English embroidery was in great demand across Europe.
She spent 26 years as a member of the community.
In 737, Walpurga's uncle [her mother's brother], Saint Boniface, was in Rome and recruited his nephews to assist him in his religious work in Germany. Winnebald arrived in Thuringia on 30 November, 740, and after being ordained a priest, was placed in charge of seven churches. Willibald, upon arriving at Eichstätt, was ordained by Boniface on 22 July, 741 and began missionary work in the area.
Walpurga then travelled with her brothers, Willibald and Winibald, to Francia [now Württemberg and Franconia] to assist Saint Boniface in evangelizing the still-pagan Germans. Because of her rigorous training, she was able to write her brother Winibald's vita and an account in Latin of his travels in Palestine. As a result, she is often called the first female author of both England and Germany.
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