Walpurgis

[ vahl-poor-gis ]

/ vɑlˈpʊər gɪs /

Saint, a.d. c710–780, English missionary and abbess in Germany: feast day May 1.

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Also Walburga, Wal·pur·ga

[vahl-poor-gah]. /vɑlˈpʊər gɑ/.

It is matched six months away by the festival of May Day and by the eve of Walpurgis Night which precedes it.
Joseph Campbell on the Roots of Halloween|Joseph Campbell|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So the Walpurgis ended in darkness, and the company instinctively held their breaths.
The House by the Church-Yard|J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Then as usually happens towards the end of these Walpurgis nights, he got back to bed again, and slept calmly and dreamlessly.
Dodo's Daughter|E. F. Benson
There was nothing of Walpurgis in their stereotyped allurement.
Carnival|Compton Mackenzie

On which she stated that, on Walpurgis eve she had called upon this woman, because she had something to say to her.
Fiends, Ghosts, and Sprites|John Nettin Radcliffe
That is the single object of all done here to-night,—all these strange proceedings, making a sort of Walpurgis night of Sunday.
Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume XI (of 20)|Charles Sumner