
Acceperunt oleum in vasis suis cum Lampadibus.
They took oil in their vessels with the lamps.
Matthew 25.4
Date nobis de oleo vestro.
Give us of your oil.
Matthew 25.8
Oleum in ossibus ejus.
Oil in his bones.
Psalm 108.18
Thesaurus desiderabilis oleum in habitaculo iusti
There is a treasure to be desired, oil in the dwelling of the just.
Proverbs 21.20
a fructu – olei sui multiplicati sunt.
By the fruit – of their oil, they are multiplied.
Psalm 4.8
Modern Hagiography
A Menology of England and Wales
Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.
Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.
Miniature Lives of the Saints for Every Day in the Year
Stories of the Saints for Children Second Series by Mary Seymour.
Virgin Saints of the Benedictine Order
Lives and Legends of English Saints by L.M. Shortt.
Medieval Hagiography
Writings by Saint Walburga
Saint Walburga wrote the account of her brother, Willibald’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Art & Architecture
Warburg Institute Iconographic Database
Guide to Christian Iconography: Images, Symbols, and Texts
Medieval Religion Listserv – 2016 Dillon.
With Saint Amand by Rubens, see also
Abtei St. Walburg in Eichstätt, “The “Holy Oil” of Saint Walburga”, Italian painting



Legends of the Monastic Orders as Represented in the Fine Arts by Mrs. Jameson.
A Handbook of Christian Symbols and Stories of the Saints as Illustrated in Art by Clara Erskine Clement.
Lives and Legends of the English Bishops and Kings, Mediaeval Monks, and Other Later Saints by Mrs. Arthur Bell.
The Saints in Art with Their Attributes and Symbols, Alphabetically Arranged by Margaret E. Tabor.
Saints and their Symbols: A Companion in the Churches and Picture Galleries of Europe by E. A. Greene.
The Saints in Art by Joseph Maria von Radowitz.
Emblems of Saints by Which They Are Distinguished in Works of Art by F. C. Husenbeth.
Music
Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant
Devotions
Walpurgisnacht is observed on the 30th of April.




