Hildegard von Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen ( German : Hildegard von Bingen , pronounced [ˈhɪldəɡaʁt fɔn ˈbɪŋən] ; Latin : Hildegardis Bingensis ; c. 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as the "Sibyl of the Rhine" , was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath , active during the High Middle Ages as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic , visionary , and as a medical writer. She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony , as well as the most recorded in modern history. A number of scholars have considered her to be the founder of scientific natural history in Germany.

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