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.
You can find people similar to Hildegard von Bingen by visiting our lists 12th-century German philosophers and Physicians from Rhineland-Palatinate.
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Date of birth | 1098
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Place of birth | Bermersheim vor der Höhe
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Date of death | 17 September 1179
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Place of death | Bingen am Rhein, County Palatine of the Rhine, Holy Roman Empire
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Hildegard von Bingen is known for her role in the TV series History's Greatest Mysteries (2020) as Self.
She is also known for her role in the film Vision (2009) - .
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