Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as Blessed Hildegard, Saint Hildegard, and Sybil of the Rhine, was a Christian mystic, German Benedictine abbess, author, counselor, linguist, naturalist, scientist, philosopher, physician, herbalist, poet, channeller, visionary, composer, and polymath. Elected a magistra by her fellow nuns in 1136, she founded the monasteries of...
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Date of birth:
- Sep 16, 1098
Date of death:
- Sep 17, 1179 (age 81 years)
Place of birth:
Also known as:
- Hildegard von Bingen,
- Hildegard af Bingen,
- Hildegard of Bingen : A feather on the breath of God,
- Hildegard von Binden,
- Von Bingen, Hildegard (1098-11,
- Hildegard Van Bingen,
- Hildegard von Bingen: The Fire of the Spirit