Saint Hildegard of Bingen: Benedictine Abbess, Visionary, Composer and Doctor of the Church

Saint Hildegard of Bingen was a twelfth-century Benedictine abbess, writer and composer. Pope Benedict XVI recognized her as a saint in May 2012 and named her a Doctor of the Church in October 2012. This article explains her life, her works and what the sources do and do not tell us.