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Benedict XVI proclaimed her Doctor of the Church in 2012.
Women must not be “reduced to servants of our recalcitrant clericalism.” Pope Francis reiterated this point on his trip to Colombia (September 6-11, 2017). Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) already understood this clearly. She was a Benedictine nun, a mystic, theologian, foundress, writer, expert in pharmacology, cosmologist, composer, botanist, doctor … and she maintained correspondence with popes, bishops, kings, and emperors. If she needed to reproach them for anything, she didn’t hesitate to do so.
San Pablo Ediciones has just published a bookabout the unique mystical experiences of this great woman, whom the author, Cristina Siccardi, calls a “mystic and scientist.”
Continued below.
Hildegard of Bingen: A woman who reproached both popes and kings
Women must not be “reduced to servants of our recalcitrant clericalism.” Pope Francis reiterated this point on his trip to Colombia (September 6-11, 2017). Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) already understood this clearly. She was a Benedictine nun, a mystic, theologian, foundress, writer, expert in pharmacology, cosmologist, composer, botanist, doctor … and she maintained correspondence with popes, bishops, kings, and emperors. If she needed to reproach them for anything, she didn’t hesitate to do so.
San Pablo Ediciones has just published a bookabout the unique mystical experiences of this great woman, whom the author, Cristina Siccardi, calls a “mystic and scientist.”
Continued below.
Hildegard of Bingen: A woman who reproached both popes and kings
