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English: The Benedictine Abbey of Saint Hildegard in Eibingen, Germany.
Founded in 1165 by Hildegard von Bingen.
Deutsch: Die Abtei St. Hildegard ist eine Benediktinerinnen-Abtei
in Eibingen bei Rüdesheim im Bistum Limburg.
Photo: 26 May 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Tiggr.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Elected a magistra by her fellow Nuns in 1136, she founded the Monasteries of Rupertsberg, in 1150, and Eibingen, in 1165. One of her works as a composer, the Ordo Virtutum, is an early example of Liturgical drama and, arguably, the oldest surviving morality play.
English: Interior of the Abbey of Saint Hildegard,
Eibingen, Germany.
Deutsch: Abtei St. Hildegard in Eibingen,
Ortsteil von Rüdesheim am Rhein.
Innenansicht der Abteikirche.
Photo: 29 May 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Haffitt.
(Wikimedia Commons)
She wrote theological, botanical and medicinal texts, as well as Letters, Liturgical songs, and poems, while supervising brilliant miniature illuminations.
Although the history of her formal recognition as a Saint is complicated, she has been recognised as a Saint by parts of the Roman Catholic Church for centuries. On 7 October 2012, Pope Benedict XVI named her a Doctor of the Church.
Hildegard von Bingen.
Spiritus Sanctus.
Available on YouTube at
English: Spiritus Sanctus, the Second Antiphon and
Psalm 110/111 from Vespers of Hildegard von Bingen.
Deutsch: Spiritus Sanctus, die zweite Antiphon
und Psalm 110/111 aus der Vesper von Hildegard von Bingen.
English: Admiring the height of God´s Creation,
praising Him, thanking Him.
Deutsch: Voller Bewunderung für die Grösse der Schöpfung Gottes,
sie bewundernd und preisend.
English: Together with the photos of Marcus "Coy Dog" Werner.
Photos, visualising God´s splendour in bees, butterflies, birds and flowers.
Deutsch: Zusammen mit den Photos von Markus Coy Dog Werner.
Photos, die Gottes Grösse durch Bienen, Schmetterlinge,
Vögel und Blüten veranschaulichen.
