Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen
Birth
1098 in at Bermersheim bei Alzey (Bockelheim, Germany) in the diocese of Mainz. She was the tenth child in her family

Death
17th September 1179, at the age of 81

Parents
Hildebert and Mechtilide, were a noble family in Germany

Education
At the age of 8 Hildegard was sent to a convent and was raised and educated there. She was dedicated to the church by her parents and sent to an anchoress, Jutta for education at Disibodenberg

Life Vocation
To serve the church, to be a medieval prophet, a healer, an artist and a composer

Visions
Beginning as a young child Hildegard had visions. But it was till her early 40s that she be...