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Hildegard of Bingen ( German: Hildegard von Bingen, pronounced [ˈhɪldəɡaʁt fɔn ˈbɪŋən]; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; c. 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical ...
Jun 1, 2024 · St. Hildegard (born 1098, Böckelheim, West Franconia [Germany]—died September 17, 1179, Rupertsberg, near Bingen; canonized May 10, 2012; feast day September 17) was a German abbess, visionary mystic, and composer.
May 30, 2019 · Hildegard of Bingen (also known as Hildegarde von Bingen, l. 1098-1179) was a Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, and polymath proficient in philosophy, musical composition, herbology, medieval literature, cosmology, medicine, biology, theology, and natural history.
Jul 3, 2019 · Hildegard of Bingen (1098–September 17, 1179) was a medieval mystic and visionary and Abbess of Bingen's Benedictine community. She was also a prolific composer and the author of several books on spirituality, visions, medicine, health and nutrition, nature.
Hildegard of Bingen was a saint, composer and poet. But it's only recently that her songs, writings and remarkable life and visions have been rediscovered. She was born over 900 years ago and for most of her 80-plus years was shut away in an obscure hilltop monastery in the Rhineland.
Dec 17, 2021 · Saint Hildegard of Bingen was a remarkable woman who fulfilled many roles in her lifetime. A Benedictine nun, she became a rather well-known mystic whom Pope Eugene III encouraged to write.
Hildegard of Bingen, a Woman and Sage of the Church. Pope Benedict XVI. Apostolic Letter proclaiming the 12th-century Benedictine nun a Doctor of the Church.
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May 17, 2018 · Few medieval figures enjoy as much popularity in the contemporary Western world as the German Benedictine abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098 – 1179). Her influence reflects the combination of authentic discovery and creative misreading that so often characterizes modern appropriations of religious figures from history.
She was a universal genius and one of the most significant female figures of the Middle Ages. In 2012, she was canonised by Pope Benedict XVI and elevated to the status of a Doctor of the Church.
Hildegard of Bingen. Benedictine abbess, visionary, and writer. "A fiery light, flashing intensely, came from the open vault of heaven and poured through my whole brain. Like a flame that is...
