New Primary Sources Discovered from Hildegard
Date: December 13, 2022
A new set of primary sources from Hildegard of Bingen has just been discovered by historians. These sources come from Hildegard’s personal journal, compiled by Richardis von Stade at the time of her death. Students at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota have digitized the journal into a series of blog posts with supplemental videos and recordings.
Timeline of Important Events in Hildegard’s Life
1098 Hildegard born at Bermersheim
C. 1106 Hildegard entrusted to recluse of Jutta at Disibodenberg
1136 Jutta dies, Hildegard becomes abbess of Disibodenberg
1141 Hildegard receives the prophetic call to compose Scivias
1141 Hildegard’s visions are authenticated
1147-48 Synod of Trier
C. 1147-8 Hildegard founds her own abbey at Rupertsberg near Bingen with 18 other nuns
C. 1151 Hildegard finishes the Scivias (started in 1141)
C. 1151 Hildegard composes Ordo Virtutum
1152 consecration of Rupertsberg monastery
C. 1158-70s Hildegard travels along Rhine preaching
1158-1161 monasteries
1160 Trier
1161, 1163 Cologne
1170 Swabia, including Kircheim
1175 Death of Volmar, Hildegard’s secretary
1178 Interdiction of Hildegard for burial of a once excommunicated nobleman in her monastic churchyard
1179 Interdiction lifted in March; Death of Hildegard at age 81, September 17