Hildegard of being gene (* 16 September 1098; "† 17 September 1179 in the monastery Rupertsberg with being gene) was a and a Mystikerin. It concerned itself with as different disciplines as religion, medicine, biology and music. Politically it created it in the time of the Middle Ages as a woman to become generally accepted against dominant opinions. The heterogeneity one of their starting points saves discovery potential and interpretation possibilities in opinion of many this very day. Their Reliquien is kept in Eibingen.

Vita

Hildegard of being gene was born as a daughter of the noble-free Hildebert and Mechthild. Neither birthday nor place of birth are called by it or their contemporary bio count. All denominations of the place of birth (like Bermersheim the height, and further ago) are based on acceptance. Probably it originates however from the region around Alzey.

Starting from 1106 (another source calls 1112) Hildegard lived with Jutta of Sponheim, their Lehrmeisterin, in a Klause at the monastery Disibodenberg inhabited by

After death Juttas of Sponheim was selected it 1136 to the Lehrmeisterin of the met pupils. During the line their trailer shank and as the reason of their written texts Hildegard appointed itself to visions, which began after their own representation 1141. It came several times to arguments with abbott Hugo of Disibodenberg, because Hildegard rejected the Askese, one of the principles of the to a large extent. Thus it loosened the food regulations in the numbers of its followers and shortened the prayer and service times. Open controversy broke out, when Hildegard with its community wanted to create its own monastery. The Benediktiner of Disibodenberg placed itself decided against, since the women belonged to their monastery. In the process of the arguments around the splitting off their trailer shank Hildegard looked for support with Bernhard von Clairvaux, who warned however visions sceptically opposite condition and Hildegard in a letter before presumption.

Hildegard began nevertheless 1141 in co-operation with Propst Volmar of Disibodenberg and her familiar one, the nun Richardis of Stade to write their visions and theological down like anthropologischen conceptions in Latin language. Since it did not control latin, it had all texts translated by its writer. Its Hauptwerk Liber Scivias Domini (the ways of the gentleman knew) developed in one period of six years. This book contains 35 miniatures. These miniatures of theological contents are painted extremely artful in bright colors and serve mainly for the illustration of the complicated and low-intimate text.

During a Synode in Trier Hildegard got finally 1147 from Pope Eugen III. official permission for publishing their visions. This permission strengthened also their political meaning. Beyond that it became at this time because of their visions estimated and stood with many religious and lay powerful ones in correspondence. So in their meaning strengthened, it created the monastery Rupertsberg around finally 1150 on the left side the close one. Today the late belongs place developed around the monastery Rupertsberg to being gene on the Rhine.

Already 1151 came it to new arguments with religious office-holders: The Mainzer archbishop Heinrich and its of Bremen office brother required that Richardis of Stade leaves the new monastery. Richardis was of Bremen the sister of the archbishop and should become of the monastery Bassum. Hildegard refused the exemption of its closest woman employee first and switched Eugen on III. The two archbishops nevertheless finally succeeded and Richardis left the monastery Rupertsberg.

After this agreement archbishop Heinrich finally confirmed the conveyance very extensive of the monastery goods become by Hildegards call. The monastery became extremely wealthy by donations. This affected also the monastery life and caused criticism. Thus several clergyman Hildegard attacked, because their nuns lived women from noble families against the monastischen poverty requirement and were taken up only. Hildegard stepped the popular movement of the begging medals decided against.

Hildegard created 1165 in Eibingen a still existing branch monastery, which possesses today the rights of the monasteries Rupertsberg and Eibingen (since the destruction of Rupertsberg 1632). The received art articles, above all the gold purpurne Antependium, witness from the wealth Rupertsbergs.

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