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Hildegard of Bingen

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hildegard of Bingen , 1098-1179, German nun, mystic, composer, writer, and cultural figure, known as the Sibyl of the Rhine. An aristocrat educated in a Benedictine convent, she began experiencing mystical visions as a child. Entering religious life c.1116, she became an abbess in 1136 and founded her own convent at Rupertsberg near Bingen c.1147. Mystical and worldly, she was deeply immersed in religious life yet also involved in political and cultural affairs, maintaining a lively and wide-ranging correspondence. Her theological magnum opus, Scivias (c.1151), contains 26 visions. Today ... Read more
Hildegard of Bingen, St
Hildegard of Bingen, St (1089–1179), German abbess, scholar, composer, and mystic...order, she became Abbess of Diessem in 1136, later moving her community to Bingen. She wrote scientific works, poetry, and music, and described her mystical... Read more
Hildegard of Bingen
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... Read more

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