With her lifelong learning and perseverance, Hildegard overcame many obstacles for women in her day. Hildegarde of Bingen remains a most extraordinary figure in women’s history, not only as a gifted musician but also because she seized the opportunities placed before her and worked to her limits.
She demonstrated tranquil steadfastness in faith and steadfast tranquility in hope, and charity in her love of God and neighbor, which is the root of all good things and the principal cause of virtue.
Over these several months, we are covering the stories of only a few of the thousands of women who served in God’s kingdom during Medieval times.Like their female forebears in the Patristic Era these women contributed greatly to the Kingdom of God, not so they could be remembered, but so...
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