Patron Saint Walburga

Many miraculous cures are associated with the oil that flows near the site of St. Walburga's relics. For this reason, St. Walburga is the patron saint of many causes related to health. St. Walburga lived during the eighth century and was the Abbess of two monasteries.

St. Walburga is the patron saint of the following causes:

* Against coughs
* Against dog bites
* Against famine
* Against hydrophobia
* Against mad dogs
* Against plague
* Against rabies
* Against storms
* Antwerp, Belgium
* Boatmen
* Diocese of Eichstatt, Germany
* Gronigen, Netherlands
* Harvests
* Mariners
* Oudenarde, Belgium
* Diocese of Plymouth, England
* Sailors
* Watermen
* Zutphen, Netherlands

Many Catholics who have St. Walburga as a patron wear a St. Walburga medal or a St. Walburga necklace. It is also traditional to give a St. Walburga medal as a gift to someone who has been bitten by a dog. The St. Walburga pendant offers comfort to the person who was bitten and reciting a prayer to St. Walburga offers protection from infection or other illnesses.

Prayer to St. Walburga

St. Walburga, by your blessed life of love,
God blessed you with the power to heal,
to make whole the soul as well as the body.
Beg for us what we cannot obtain for ourselves,
and heal our world of sickness and sorrow.
May God hear you, who lived so graciously for His glory,
and send us the healing grace we need,
through your powerful intercession.
Amen

St. Walburga Prayer

O God, the boundless generosity of your favor is proclaimed by the wonders you have worked in your holy women. As we are taught by your holy virgin Walburga's example of purity and rejoice in the glory of her miracles, may she be our patron to gain for us your unfailing love. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.