Quote of the day
Men were only made into "men" with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally "a man" any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse.
Hildegard of Bingen
Born: 1098
Died: September 17, 1179 (aged 81)
Bio: Hildegard of Bingen, O.S.B., also known as Saint Hildegard and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, visionary, and polymath.
Known for:
- Scivias
- Ordo Virtutum
- Holistic healing
- The book of the rewards of life
- The letters of Hildegard of Bingen