11 works, Today, September 17th, is Saint Hildegard's day, her story illustrated #259

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Saint Hildegard von Bingen

A gilded altarpiece

Dominican Church, Brussels

Hildegard of Bingen OSB  (born 1098, Böckelheim, West Franconia [Germany]—died September 17, 1179, Rupertsberg, near Bingen; canonized May 10, 2012; feast day September 17), was a German abbess, visionary mystic, and composer., also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine.

Hildegard was born of noble parents and was educated at the Benedictine cloister of Disibodenberg by Jutta, an anchorite (religious recluse) and sister of the count of Spanheim. Hildegard was 15 years old when she began wearing the Benedictine habit and pursuing a religious life. 

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Hildegard von Bingen and her nuns, c. 13th century

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She succeeded Jutta as prioress in 1136. 

John Gasparro ( Bari , 22 October 1983 )

The vision of the Church of St. Hildegard von Bingen

Oil on canvas

300 X 200 cm, 2014-2018

Archivio dell'Arte

John Gasparro ( Bari , 22 October 1983 ) is an  Italian painter and engraver.

Born in Bari but living in Adelfia, he won the " Bona Sforza , Queen of Poland and Duchess of Bari" (Bari, 1997 ) prize at a very young age for a graphic work. He deepens his studies in the field of art in Bari before graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome in 2007 [1] .

Since 2001 he has exhibited throughout Italy. His first personal exhibition, held in 2009 in Paris, consolidates its European dimension; in the same year he exhibited in the Russo gallery in Rome . In 2011 he exhibited for the Lazio Region pavilion in the 54th Venice International Art Exhibition.

Also in 2011, the Archdiocese of L'Aquila commissioned him to decorate the marble altarpieces of the basilica of San Giuseppe Artigiano , damaged by the 2009 earthquake and at that time undergoing restoration. Gasparro created 18 cymas and altarpieces and 2 canvases, depicting scenes from the Gospels and saints of the Aquila tradition, which constitute the largest religious pictorial cycle created in recent years. On 22 July 2012 , on the occasion of the reopening of the church to the public, the art critic Vittorio Sgarbipublicly praised the Apulian artist.

In 2013 he won the "Bioethics Art Competition" of the chair in bioethics and human rights of Unesco with the work Casti connubii , inspired by the encyclical written by Pope Pius XI in 1930 [5] . The following year, the painting Quum memoranda - portrait of Pope Pius VII - won the "Pio Alferano" prize. More on John Gasparro

Having experienced visions since she was a child, at age 43 she consulted her confessor, who in turn reported the matter to the archbishop of Mainz. A committee of theologians subsequently confirmed the authenticity of Hildegard’s visions

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Hildegard von Bingen receives a divine inspiration and passes it on to her writer

Miniature from the Rupertsberger Codex des Liber Scivias

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Hildegard von Bingen scivias 7 

Fourth vision of the first book

The Pilgrimage of the Soul. The death and special judgment of man. For the first, the metallic color of silver is clearly used, which indicates the light of faith while we are still here on earth. As the soul leaves the body, devils and angels await God's judgment.

A monk was appointed to help her record them in writing. The finished work, Scivias (1141–52), consists of 26 visions that are prophetic and apocalyptic in form and in their treatment of such topics as the church, the relationship between God and humanity, and redemption. About 1147 Hildegard left Disibodenberg with several nuns to found a new convent at Rupertsberg, where she continued to exercise the gift of prophecy and to record her visions in writing.

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Hildegard of Bingen music

Stained glass

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Hildegard of Bingen music

Icon

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A talented poet and composer, Hildegard collected 77 of her lyric poems, each with a musical setting composed by her. 

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Hildegard of Bingen, Medicinal and Scientific Writings

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Her numerous other writings included lives of saints; two treatises on medicine and natural history, reflecting a quality of scientific observation rare at that period; and extensive correspondence, in which are to be found further prophecies and allegorical treatises. She also, for amusement, contrived her own language. She traveled widely throughout Germany, evangelizing to large groups of people about her visions and religious insights.

Hildegard von Bingen

The Book of Divine Works, The Universal Man, c. 1165

Painting

State library, Lucca (Italy)

Her earliest biographer proclaimed her a saint, and miracles were reported during her life and at her tomb. However, she was not formally canonized until 2012, when Pope Benedict XVI declared her to be a saint through the process of “equivalent canonization,” a papal proclamation of canonization based on a standing tradition of popular veneration. Later that year Benedict proclaimed Hildegard a doctor of the church, one of only four women to have been so named.

Ruth and Geoff Stricklin

4 Women Doctors of the Church:  St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Theresa of Avila, St. Hildegard of Bingen

Ruth and Geoff Stricklin: Ruth, a mural artist and designer, and her husband Geoff, a graduate of the Liturgical Institute, Mundelein, IL, formed New Jerusalem Studios in 2014 in response to a growing commitment to authentic liturgical renewal in the catholic community

As one of the few prominent women in medieval church history, Hildegard became the subject of increasing interest in the latter half of the 20th century. Her writings were widely translated into English; several recordings of her music were made available; and works of fiction, including Barbara Lachman’s The Journal of Hildegard of Bingen (1993) and Joan Ohanneson’s Scarlet Music: A Life of Hildegard of Bingen (1997), were published. More on Hildegard of Bingen

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Saints commemorated on September 17th.

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