Friday, August 2, 2013

Hildegard von Bingen part 2: The Early Years



Hildegard von Bingen was born at Rheinhesse in Germany on September 16, 1098 to Hildebert and Mechthild von Bermersheim. They were a family of nobles in the service of the counts of Sponheim; close relatives of the Hohenstaufen emperors. Hildegard was also the youngest daughter of 10 children and was dedicated to the church at birth.  

She started to see visions of luminous objects at a very early age and continued to have these visions throughout her life; however, she kept those visions to herself with the exception of telling a couple of her instructors. At the age of 8, Hildegard was sent to a monastery in Germany called Disibodenberg to receive religious training from instructors Jutta and Volmar who found out about her visions. Jutta, the sister of Count Meinhard of Sponheim, also served as an anchoress. An anchor or anchoress was a monk or a nun who spent their lives in complete solitude devoting their lives to God through prayer,contemplation, or hand working activities.  Volmar was a St. Disibod monk who acted as prior and father confessor for the nuns
at Disibodenberg.


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