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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...

An engraving by W. Marshall of the Benedictine abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179 CE)

Blessed Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen) (1098 — 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard, and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a Christian mystic, German Benedictine abbess, visionary, and polymath. Elected a magistra...

A depiction of Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179 CE) receiving divine inspiration and dictating to a scribe. This illustration is copied from the frontispiece to the Rupertsberg manuscript of Scivias, the name for which derives from the Latin...

A depiction of the Catholic Saint Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1178 CE) holding a model of the church. The stained glass window was created by the Ott Brothers in 1892 CE for the St. Foy Church in Sélestat, France. The window can still...

Religious practice in medieval Europe (c. 476-1500) was dominated and informed by the Catholic Church. The majority of the population was Christian, and "Christian" at this time meant "Catholic" as there was initially no other form of that...

Julian of Norwich (l. 1342-1416 CE, also known as Dame Julian, Lady Juliana of Norwich) was a Christian mystic and anchoress best known for her work Revelations of Divine Love (Julian's original title: Showings). Almost nothing is known of...

Women in the Middle Ages were frequently characterized as second-class citizens by the Church and the patriarchal aristocracy. Women's status was somewhat elevated in the High and Late Middle Ages by the cult of the Virgin Mary and courtly...

Monasteries were an ever-present feature of the Medieval landscape and perhaps more than half were devoted solely to women. The rules and lifestyle within a nunnery were very similar to those in a male monastery. Nuns took vows of chastity...

O Tu Suavissima Virga from Sequentia's "Canticles of Ecstacy" CD. Music by Hildegard von Bingen , performed by Sequentia.