The Basics: Born 1098 in Germany; died September 17, 1179 in Germany; equivalent canonization on May 10, 2012, and declaration as a Doctor of the Church on October 7, 2012, by Pope Benedict XVI; feast day, September 17. Woman religious, writer, musician, mystic. The Story: Hildegard joined a convent at an early age, and had had visions… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Hildegard of Bingen