In which month of the year is Walpurgis Night celebrated in Europe and Scandinavia?
Walpurgis Night Walpurgis Night Walpurgis Night, an abbreviation of Saint Walpurgis Night (from the German ' ), also known as Saint Walpurga's Eve (alternatively spelled Saint Walburga's Eve), is the eve of the Christian feast day of Saint Walpurga, an 8th-century abbess in Francia, and is celebrated on the night of 30 April and the day of 1 May. This feast commemorates the canonization of Saint Walpurga and the movement of her relics to Eichstätt, both of which occurred on 1 May 870. Saint Walpurga was hailed by the Christians of Germany for battling "pest, rabies and whooping cough, as well as
Walpurgis Night as her remains traveled along the route." The eve of May Day, traditionally celebrated with dancing and bonfires to ward off witches, came to be known as ' ("Saint Walpurga's night") in the German language. The shortened name of the holiday is ' in German, ' ("Valborg's Mass Eve") in Swedish, ' in Finland Swedish, ' in Finnish, ' in Estonian, ' in Lithuanian, ' or ' in Latvian, ' and " in Czech. In English, it is known as Saint Walpurga's Night, Saint Walburga's Night, Walpurgis Night, Saint Walpurga's Eve, Saint Walburga's Eve, the Feast of Saint Walpurga or