{"id":4690,"date":"2026-05-01T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=4690"},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:00:05","slug":"walpurgis-nacht-april-30th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/walpurgis-nacht-april-30th\/","title":{"rendered":"Walpurgis Nacht &amp; St Erconwald&#8217;s Day April 30th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"981\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-30-11.08.26.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-30-11.08.26.png 981w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-30-11.08.26-300x275.png 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-30-11.08.26-768x704.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Walpurgis Nacht. Screen Shot of<a href=\" https:\/\/astromagicklounge.com\/2021\/04\/30\/celebrating-walpurgis-night-with-black-sabbath-aleister-crowley\/\"> https:\/\/astromagicklounge.com\/2021\/04\/30\/celebrating-walpurgis-night-with-black-sabbath-aleister-crowley\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Walpurgis Nacht is the eve of the Feast of St Walpurga. On May 1st  870AD, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Walpurga\">St. Walpurga<\/a> remains were \u2018translated\u2019 to Eichst\u00e4tt. St Walpurgis Day is her feast day.  Walpurga&#8217;s brother St Williibald had set up Eichst\u00e4tt as the Diocesan centre of this part of Bavaria. Walpurga and her two brothers, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willibald\">Willibald<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winibald\">Winibald<\/a> were Anglo-Saxon Saints who helped convert Germany to Christianity in the 8th Century.  But, I wrote about the Saint and her brothers in on my page on St. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/st-wapburga-and-st-ethelbert-of-kents-day-february-25th\/\">Walpurga<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Celtic Day began at Dusk, so May Day and the Feast of St Walpurga begins on 30th April. The Christian Church took over many local traditions and adapted them to the calendar of the Church. So a Saint&#8217;s Day, is preceded by an Eve. For example, All Hallows&#8217; Day and Halloween, and May Day and May Eve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Eve of Beltane<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The evening of April 30th is also the beginning of Beltane. Beltane is one of the principal Celtic Festivals, dedicated to the God Belinus. It is a Celtic Fire Ceremony and the traditional beginning of Summer.  It is  6 months before Halloween, (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/31st-october-2021-halloween\/\">my post of Halloween here.<\/a>) Walpurgis Nacht is also halfway between the Spring equinox and the Summer solstice. So, a very important day in the Celtic Calendar. (see my post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/may-day-1\/\">May Day<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> In Sweden it is known as Valborg and as \u010carodejnice in the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A day of Uncanny Weirdness?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As May Day was an uncanny period dedicated to Pagan Deities, Walpurgis Nacht became a time when all the weird things are alive in the world.  In response, the Christian Church associated a saint to the day to be a focus for defeating witchcraft. So, it is a popular tradition for this Night to see the burning of an effigy of a witch on a bonfire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walpurgis Nacht has really been taken over by Heavy Metal, and I refer you this page to begin your journey down a dark rabbit hole of head-banging rock. <a href=\"https:\/\/astromagicklounge.com\/2021\/04\/30\/celebrating-walpurgis-night-with-black-sabbath-aleister-crowley\/\">https:\/\/astromagicklounge.com\/2021\/04\/30\/celebrating-walpurgis-night-with-black-sabbath-aleister-crowley\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>St Erconwald&#8217;s Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wenceslas_Hollar_-_St_Erkenwald_monument_State_2-749x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Tomb of St Erconwald, destroyed by the Great Fire of London.\" class=\"wp-image-7269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wenceslas_Hollar_-_St_Erkenwald_monument_State_2-749x1024.jpg 749w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wenceslas_Hollar_-_St_Erkenwald_monument_State_2-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wenceslas_Hollar_-_St_Erkenwald_monument_State_2-768x1049.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wenceslas_Hollar_-_St_Erkenwald_monument_State_2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tomb of St Erconwald, destroyed by the Great Fire of London.  By Wenceslaus Hollar &#8211; Artwork from University of Toronto Wenceslaus Hollar Digital CollectionScanned by University of TorontoHigh-resolution version extracted using custom tool by User:Dcoetzee, Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=6235771<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also the Feast Day of St Erconwald. He was a Royal Prince but no one can agree of which Saxon Kingdom.  He became one of the most famous Bishops of London (675 and 693).  Chertsey Abbey and Barking Abbey were founded by the Saint. His sisterwhich his sister, St Ethelburga, became Abbess of Barking. Not only that, but he was known as the light of London and was responsible for rebuilding St Pauls Cathedral. And helping to complete the conversion of the Kingdom of Essex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/159122\/saint-erkenwald\">reading this alliterative poem<\/a>, of the 14th Century about his life. He is one of the patron saints of London, associated with early pilgrimage and many miracles.   <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Erkenwald_(poem)\">Here is more information on the poem.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Published in 2024, revised in April 2025, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walpurgis Nacht is the eve of the Feast of St Walpurga. On May 1st 870AD, St. Walpurga remains were \u2018translated\u2019 to Eichst\u00e4tt. St Walpurgis Day is her feast day. Walpurga&#8217;s brother St Williibald had set up Eichst\u00e4tt as the Diocesan centre of this part of Bavaria. Walpurga and her two brothers, Willibald and Winibald were &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/walpurgis-nacht-april-30th\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Walpurgis Nacht &amp; St Erconwald&#8217;s Day April 30th&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Walpurgis Nacht, April 30th, how a Christian Festival got taken over by Heavy Metal.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[112,116,113,119,430,118,115,405,23,375,15,1181,322],"tags":[838,227,2159,268,226,1590,2160,2161,1452,2157,2156,2155,2154],"class_list":["post-4690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-almanac-of-the-past","category-calendar","category-celtic","category-christian-heritage","category-churches","category-events","category-folklore","category-germany","category-heritage","category-mythology","category-saxon","category-sweden","category-uk","tag-belinus","tag-beltane","tag-eichstatt-2","tag-halloween","tag-may-day","tag-may-eve","tag-st-erconwald","tag-st-ethelburga","tag-st-walpurga","tag-st-willbald","tag-st-winibald","tag-walpurgis-nacht","tag-walpurgisnacht"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Walpurgis Nacht &amp; 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