Hildegard of Bingen[a] OSB (German: Hildegard von Bingen, pronounced [ˈhɪldəɡaʁt fɔn ˈbɪŋən]; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; c. 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer and ...
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...
Hildegard of Bingen, Scivias Clearly, Hildegard herself understood that her prescriptions and visions were meant to guide the Church as it was in the twelfth century, and thus the content of her visions would speak to this context as well.
St. Hildegard of Bingen—an extraordinary figure of the Middle Ages: mystic, nun, philosopher, musician, poet, healer, and theologian.
St. Hildegard, also known as St. Hildegard of Bingen and Sibyl of the Rhine, is a Doctor of the Church. She was also a writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, and German Benedictine abbess. She was born around 1098 to a noble family as the youngest of ten children. Her parents had ...
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. She ruffled feathers when she moved her monastery to Bingen, and confronted civil as well as ecclesiastical officials.
Why St. Hildegard of Bingen Is a Doctor of the Church St. Hildegard of Bingen (photo: Zvonimir Atletic / Shutterstock) St. Hildegard’s massive body of writing includes records of her visions, books on the lives of the saints, medicinal treatises, theological writings, plays, poetry and original compositions. Kelly Marcum, – National Catholic Register