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Saint Hildegard of Bingen O.S.B. (German: Hildegard von Bingen; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis) (1098 – 17 September 1179) also known as Saint Hildegard and Sibyl of the Rhine was a German writer composer philosopher Christian mystic Benedictine abbess visionary and polymath. Elected a magistra by her fellow nuns in 1136 she founded the monasteries of Rupertsberg in 1150 and Eibingen in 1165.

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birth date
1098-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Holy Roman Empire, Electoral Palatinate, Bermersheim vor der Höhe
canonized by
Pope Benedict XVI
canonized date
2012-05-10
death date
1179-09-17
death place
Holy Roman Empire, Electoral Palatinate, Bingen am Rhein
major shrine
Eibingen Abbey
title
Doctor of the Church Sibyl of the Rhine
venerated in
Anglican Communion, Order of Saint Benedict, Lutheranism

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