Wiborada

Saint

Wiborada
Saint Wiborada from the Cimelia Sangallensia, c. 1430
Anchorite and Martyr
Born9th century
present-day Canton of Aargau, Switzerland
Died926
Abbey of Saint Gall, St. Gallen, present-day Switzerland
Venerated inCatholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized1047 by Pope Clement II
Feast2 May
Attributesa Benedictine nun holding a book and axe
Patronagelibraries, librarians (in Switzerland and Germany)

Wiborada of St. Gall (also Guiborat, Weibrath or Viborata; Alemannic: Wiberat) (died 926) was a member of the Swabian nobility in what is present-day Switzerland. She was an anchoress, Benedictine nun, and martyr.


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