Hildegard von Bingen
(1098-1179)
German Benedictine, composer and writer (c. 1098-1179)
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Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, visionary, and polymath of the High Middle Ages. She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most recorded in modern history. She has been considered by many in Europe to be the founder of scientific natural history in Germany.
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1098 Bermersheim vor der Höhe
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17 September 1179 (aged 81) Bingen am Rhein, County Palatine of the Rhine, Holy Roman Empire
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