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Synopsis

HILDEGARDE, St., b. in the castle of Böckelheim, 1098; was educated in the Benedictine nunnery of Disibodenberg, by Jutta von Sponhelm, whom she succeeded as abbess in 1136; and founded in 1147 the monastery of Rupertsberg, where she died in 1178. She received prophetical visions; and, as these were recognized by the Church, she came gradually to occupy a very exceptional position, and to exercise a very extraordinary influence, in the German Church. She is commemorated on Sept. 17, but she was never canonized. Her writings, Scicias (first printed in Paris, 1513, and Cologne, 1628), Liber Divinorum Operum, Explanatio Regulæ S. Benedicti, Physica (nine books), Letters, etc., are found in Migne: Patrol., T. 197. Her life was written by STILTING, in A. S. Boll. art 17 Sept., and by DAUL, Mayence, 1832. Complete bibliographical information is found in LINDE: Die Handsch. d. Landesh. in Wiesbaden, Wiesb., 1877. [See also RICHAUD: Sainte Hildegarde, Aix, 1876.]

Benrath, "Hildegard, St.," Philip Schaff, ed., A Religious Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology, 3rd edn, Vol. 2. Toronto, New York & London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1894. p.993.

Primary Sources

Book or monograph Hildegard of Bingen: The Book of the Rewards of LifeHildegard of Bingen, The Book of the Rewards of Life. Liber Vitae Meritorum, Bruce W. Hozeski, translator. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pbk. ISBN: 0195113713. pp.320.
Book or monograph Hildegard of Bingen: Holistic HealingHildegard of Bingen, Holistic Healing. Liturgical Press, 1994. Pbk. ISBN: 0814622240. pp.236. {CBD}
Book or monograph The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen, Vol. 1Hildegard of Bingen, The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen, Vol 1, new edn. Joseph L. Baird & Radd K. Ehrman, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Hbk. ISBN: 0195121171. pp.242.
Book or monograph The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen, Vol. 2Hildegard of Bingen, The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen, Vol 2. new edn. Joseph L. Baird & Radd K. Ehrman, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Hbk. ISBN: 0195120108. pp.238.
Book or monograph Hildegard of Bingen, Scivias, C. Hart & J. Bishop. translators. Classics of Western Spirituality. New York: Paulist Press, 1990.
Book or monograph Hildegard of Bingen: Selected WritingsHildegard of Bingen, Selected Writings, Mark Atherton, ed., Oliver Davies, translator. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 2001. Pbk. ISBN: 0140436049. pp.320.
Book or monograph Hildegard of Bingen: SymphoniaHildegard of Bingen, Symphonia, Barbara Newman, ed., 2 edn. Cornell University Press, 1998. Pbk. ISBN: 0801485479. pp.344.

Secondary Sources

On-line Resource Ksenafo Akulli, "Facing the Dragons - A Historical-Analytical Study of the Parallels between the Vision of Revelation 12 and Hildegard von Bingen's Vision of the Antichrist, and their Relevance in Contemporary Society," Kairos Evangelical Journal of Theology 6.1 (June. 2012): 61-76. View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book Prudence Allen, "Two Medieval Views on Woman's Identity: Hildegard of Bingen and Thomas Aquinas," Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 16.1 (1987): 21-36.
Article in Journal or Book Prudence Allen, "Sex and Gender Differentiation in Hildegard of Bingen and Edith Stein," Communio: International Catholic Review 20.2 (1993): 389-414.
Article in Journal or Book Dennis J. Billy, "Redemption in Hildegard of Bingen's Scivias," American Benedictine Review 48.4 (1997): 361-371.
Book or monograph Hildegard of BingenFiona Bowie & Oliver Davies, ed. Hildegard of Bingen. London: SPCK, 1990. Pbk. ISBN: 0281044619.
Article in Journal or Book June Boyce-Tillman, "Hildegard of Bingen: A Woman for Our Time," Feminist Theology 22 (1999): 25-41.
Article in Journal or Book Renate Craine, "Hildegard of Bingen, Spiritual Guide for the 21st Century," Chicago Studies 38.1 (1999): 40-49.
Article in Journal or Book Beth R. Crisp, "Seeking the Feminine: an Exploration of the Spiritual Writings of Hildegard of Bingen and Julian of Norwich," Pacifica 10.3 (1997): 310-318.
Article in Journal or Book Timothy P. Daaleman, "The Medical World of Hildegard of Bingen," American Benedictine Review 44.3 (1993): 280-289.
Book or monograph Peter Dronke, Poetic Individuality in the Middle Ages. Oxford: Westfield Publications in Medieval Studies, 1970. Hbk. ISBN: 187005900X. pp.180-92, 202-31.
Book or monograph Dronke: Women Writers of the Middle AgesPeter Dronke, Women Writers of the Middle Ages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. Pbk. ISBN: 0521275733. pp.144-201.
Article in Journal or Book Sabina Flanagan, "For God Distinguishes the People of Earth as in Heaven: Hildegard of Bingen's Social Ideas," Journal of Religious History 22.1 (1998): 14-34.
Book or monograph Flanagan: Hildegard of Bingen, 1098-1179: A Visionary LifeSabina Flanagan, Hildegard of Bingen, 1098-1179: A Visionary Life, 2nd edn. London: Routledge, 1998. Pbk. ISBN: 0415185513. pp.256.
Article in Journal or Book Emily Griesinger, "Your Daughters Shall Prophecy: The Charismatic Spirituality of Hildegard of Bingen," Christian Scholar's Review 29.1 (1999): 25-47.
Book or monograph Logan: A History of the Church in the Middle AgesF. Donald Logan, A History of the Church in the Middle Ages. London & New York: Routledge, 2002. Pbk. ISBN: 0415132894. pp.174-182.
Article in Journal or Book Jane McAvoy, "Satisfying Work: Hildegard of Bingen and the Virtue of Atonement," Lexington Theological Quarterly 33.2 (1998): 65-84.
Book or monograph Maddocks: Hildegard of BingenFiona Maddocks, Hildegard of Bingen. Review, 2002. Pbk. ISBN: 0747262977. pp.343.
Article in Journal or Book Barbara Newman, "Hildegard of Bigen: Visions and Validation," Church History 54.2 (1985): 163-175.
Article in Journal or Book Barbara Newman, ."Hildegard of Bingen and the Birth of Purgatory," Mystics Quarterly 19.3 (1993): 90-97.
Book or monograph Newman: Sister of WisdomBarbara Newman, Sister of Wisdom: St. Hildegard's Theology of the Feminine. University of California Press, 1997. Pbk. ISBN: 0520211626. pp.320.
Article in Journal or Book Marsha Newman, "Christian Cosmology in Hildegard of Bingen's Illuminations," LOGOS: A Journal of Catholic Thought & Culture 5.1 (2002): 41-61.
Article in Journal or Book Kathleen Norris, "What I Do Not See I Do Not Know - Hildegard and the Poetic Way of Knowing," American Benedictine Review 46.2 (1995): 183-193.
Article in Journal or Book Anita Obermeier & Rebecca Kennison, "The Privileging of Visio over Vox in the Mystical Experiences of Hildegard of Bingen and Joan of Arc," Mystics Quarterly 23.3 (1997): 137-163.
Article in Journal or Book Connie Schutz, "Intimate Narratives: The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen," Scottish Journal of Theology 49.4 (1996): 429-442.
Article in Journal or Book Miriam Schmill, "Blessed Jutta of Disibodenberg: Hildegard of Bingen's Magistra and Abbess," American Benedictine Review 40.2 (1989): 170-189.
Article in Journal or Book Miriam Schmitt, "Hildegard of Bingen: Viriditas, Web of Greening Life-Energy: I," American Benedictine Review 50.3 (1999): 253-276.
Article in Journal or Book Miriam Schmitt, "Hildegard of Bingen: Viriditas, Web of Greening Life-Energy: II," American Benedictine Review 50.4 (1999): 357-380.
Article in Journal or Book Charles Joseph Singer, "The Scientific Views and Visions of St. Hildegard," in Studies in the History and Method of Science, 1. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1917. pp.1-55.
Article in Journal or Book Augustine Thompson, "Hildegard of Bingen on Gender and the Priesthood," Church History 63.3 (1994): 359-364.
Article in Journal or Book Philip Timko, "Hildegard of Bingen against the Cathars," American Benedictine Review 52.2 (2001): 191-205.
Article in Journal or Book William C. Zehringer, "The Sound of Praise and Bliss of Life: The Place of Music in the Visionary Art of Hildegard of Bingen," American Benedictine Review 46.2 (1995): 194-206.

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