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Hildegard of Bingen
AuthorBooks · Second hand1098-1179
Hildegard of Bingen, 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 practitioner of the Catholic Church during the High Middle Ages. She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most recorded in modern history. A number of scholars have considered her to be the founder of scientific natural history in Germany.
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Birth
1098
Death
1179
First book
1151
Years writing
875
Hildegard of Bingen was a medieval polymath who excelled as a theologian, musician, physician, and naturalist.
She is known as the Sibyl of the Rhine due to her mystical visions and her role as a prophetess.
Her work Scivias is one of the most influential texts of medieval Christian mysticism.
In addition to her theological writings, she composed music and explored topics in botany and medicine.
She was named a Doctor of the Church, recognizing her immense contribution to religious thought.