Hildegard (of Bingen), St
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Hildegard (of Bingen), St (1098–1179). Medieval mystic and visionary. Brought up by a recluse, Jutta, in
c.1116 she entered the Benedictine community that had gathered round her. In 1136 she succeeded Jutta as abbess. About 1150 she moved her community to Rupertsberg, near Bingen, on the Rhine. Encouraged by her confessor, she recorded some of her visions, and in 1147 Pope Eugenius III, under
Bernard of Clairvaux's influence, gave guarded approval to them. Gathered together in her
Scivias (‘Know Thy Ways’), her visions condemn contemporary vice and prophesy forthcoming disaster. But more importantly, they record an intelligent and direct seeing. Hildegard was immensely accomplished: as an artist, she illustrated her own books; as a healer, she wrote a
vade mecum of medicine,
The Book of Simple Medicine; as a musician, she composed a Symphonia with many song settings, and a morality play with eighty-two melodies. She was also a splendid correspondent, who saw women and men as equal in their work for God in the ‘creative greenness’ of his Spirit. Feast day in Germany, 17 Sept.
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Passionate Spirituality: Hildegard of Bingen and Hadewijch of Brabant.(Book review)
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Voice of the Living Light: Hildegard of Bingen and Her World.
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Scarlet Music: Hildegard of Bingen; A Novel.
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Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age
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Vioice of the Living Light: Hildegard of Bingen and her World
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Hildegard von Bingen. (Off the Beaten Track). (sound recording review)
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CELEBRATION OF HILDEGARD VON BINGEN OFF TO A GOOD START.(Entertainment)(Review)
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Hildegard of Bingen
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Hildegard of Bingen Through her studies and writings, twelfth-century Benedictine abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) helped German scholars...philosopher, theologian, and composer Hildegard of Bingen devoted half her life to sharing...
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Hildegard (of Bingen), St
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Hildegard (of Bingen), St (1098–1179). Medieval mystic and visionary. Brought...But more importantly, they record an intelligent and direct seeing. Hildegard was immensely accomplished: as an artist, she illustrated her own...
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Hildegard of Bingen, St
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Hildegard of Bingen, St (1089–1179), German abbess, scholar, composer...she became Abbess of Diessem in 1136, later moving her community to Bingen. She wrote scientific works, poetry, and music, and described her...
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Licorice
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
...also used by early settlers. Dominican friars brought the herb to England in the sixteenth century. The abbess Hildegard of Bingen added licorice to her materia medica, and this well-loved herb was a favorite of German and English herbalists...
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parasites
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...both seasonally and geographically. Historically, it may or may not have been described in Biblical texts, but Hildegard of Bingen certainly referred to itch mites ( suren ) in her Physika , published in the twelth century. Five centuries later...
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