Source Walburga was born in around 710 and was the daughter of a West Saxon chieftain and her brothers were named Willibald and Winebald. (Later on, Willibald became a bishop and Winebald founded two monasteries. They both became saints.) Walburga was schooled at the monastery where she later became a nun. In 748, she was sent to Germany to help St. Boniface with his missionary work. When her brother Winebald died, she was appointed abbess of the two monasteries that he founded. She died in 779.

Source Elizabeth was born in 1428 to wealthy parents and received a thorough religious education. Her father taught her Latin so that she could read the Divine Office and her mother taught her meditation. After her mother's death, Elizabeth and her sisters became and formed a community of third order Servites. She died in 1468 and many people attended her funeral.

Source St. Lazarus became Bishop of Milan in around 439. He is believed to have developed the Rogationtide litanies, and the First Council of Orleans approved the celebration of Rogationtide. At that time, the Ostrogoths were invading Italy, but Lazarus held up. He died on March 14, 450.

Source Adelaide was the daughter of the Count of Guelder. She eventually took charge of the two nunneries that her father founded. First, she was the abbess of the convent at Bellich, near Bonn, and another one. She was a Benedictine abbess, and made her nuns study Latin so that they could follow the Divine Office. She died in 1015.