Hildegard von Bingen is the German native saint (1098-1179) you never heard of until now. That will soon change thanks to Pope Benedict XVI-when she will be canonized officially October 21, 2012. I ...

Hildegard of Bingen, the 12th-century nun, has long drawn the admiration of feminists and nontraditional spiritual seekers. Hildegard's legacy of otherworldly visions, herbal medicine and reverence ...

I am developing the stage design and visuals for a new opera by Sarah Kirkland Snider with Beth Morrison Projects and directed by Elkannah Pulitzer, based on the early life of Hildegard von Bingen, ...

When I first read about St. Hildegard of Bingen, the most recently named female Doctor of the Church, I felt almost as if I had slipped into a fairy tale. Her very name evokes poetry, and her life ...

Pope Benedict XIV has indicated he plans to canonize the 12th-century female composer, mystic, author, physician and abbess Hildegard von Bingen and then proclaim her a Doctor of the Church in October ...

Disibodenberg, a nine-hundred-year-old Benedictine monastery in the Rhineland region of western Germany, is a majestically dismal ruin, its roofless buildings overrun by ivy and interspersed with ...

The shape of the solo voice at the beginning. It soars upwards in leaps before moving in a step wise motion. Can you hear where the solo voice moves either in leaps or steps? When the other voices ...

On Sunday, July 27, 12:30 pm, Back Lane Studios and the Revue Cinema present another look at the remarkable life and accomplishments of the 12th century nun Hildegard of Bingen. The screening and ...