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Hildegard von Bingen - The Cosmos
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Saint Hildegard of Bingen - The Cosmos :: mc414743 _ws
- high quality color printing - card blank inside
- printed in Germany
- 5 x 4.75 inches
- envelope included
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Saint Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179). Hildegard produced major works of theology and of her mystical visions in an era when few women were even able to write. She was sought out by bishops, popes, and kings for her wisdom and counsel. After learning the healing powers and medicinal uses of plants, animals, trees, and stones, she authored treatises of her findings. Hildegard is the first composer of music whose life is known in detail. She founded a convent where the sisters performed her musical plays. Although she has been revered as a saint for centuries, and several Popes have referred to her by that title, she was never officially canonized. So Pope Benedict XIV eliminated any lingering uncertainty by announcing on May 10, 2012 that St. Hildegard should be inscribed in the catalogue of saints. Musicologists and historians of science and religion have spurred on a revival of interest in this extraordinary woman of the Middle Ages. Her feast day is September 17. She was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XVI on October 7, 2012. She is now the fourth woman Doctor of the Church after St. Teresa of Avila, St. Catherine of Siena, and St. Therese of Lisieux. There are in all now only 34 Doctors of the Church.
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