Hildegarde
, along with Jutta of Spanheim
, took monastic vows and entered a women's hermitage attached to the Benedictine monastery at Disibodenberg.
Newman, Barbara. “’Sibyl of the Rhine’: Hildegard’s Life and Times”. Voice of the Living Light: Hildegard of Bingen and Her World, edited by Barbara Newman, University of California Press, 1998, pp. 1-29.
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Cultural formation
Hildegarde of Bingen
HB's parents sought to strengthen their affiliation with Count Stephen of Spanheim
, a member of the higher nobility, by placing HB under the care of the Count's daughter, Jutta of Spanheim
.
Newman, Barbara. “’Sibyl of the Rhine’: Hildegard’s Life and Times”. Voice of the Living Light: Hildegard of Bingen and Her World, edited by Barbara Newman, University of California Press, 1998, pp. 1-29.
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Cultural formation
Hildegarde of Bingen
HB experienced visions throughout her life, beginning with one in early childhood. Her earliest recorded vision, however, occurred at the time of Jutta
's death, when she saw Jutta
's spirit led into heaven by...
Friends, Associates
Hildegarde of Bingen
HB lived in a cell with Jutta
and, initially, one or two other young women. Although Jutta
's wealth and family connections permitted her to build this private cell within the monastery, the living conditions...
Instructor
Hildegarde of Bingen
Once she entered the convent she was taught by Jutta
to read and to write in Latin. Jutta
daily recited the Psalter from memory and likely trained her students to do so as well.
Newman, Barbara. “’Sibyl of the Rhine’: Hildegard’s Life and Times”. Voice of the Living Light: Hildegard of Bingen and Her World, edited by Barbara Newman, University of California Press, 1998, pp. 1-29.
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Occupation
Hildegarde of Bingen
When Jutta of Spanheim
died, Hildegarde
was unanimously chosen as the new leader of the women's religious community attached to the Benedictine monastery at Disibodenberg.
Kraft, Kent. “The German Visionary: Hildegard of Bingen”. Medieval Women Writers, edited by Katharina M. Wilson, University of Georgia Press, 1984, pp. 109-30.
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Hildegarde of Bingen,. The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen. Translators Baird, Joseph L. and Radd K. Ehrman, Vol.
volume i
, Oxford University Press, 1994.
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Occupation
Hildegarde of Bingen
By the time of her death, Jutta
's group of disciples had grown to ten.
Newman, Barbara. “’Sibyl of the Rhine’: Hildegard’s Life and Times”. Voice of the Living Light: Hildegard of Bingen and Her World, edited by Barbara Newman, University of California Press, 1998, pp. 1-29.