Hildegardvon Bingen

Hil·de·gard von Bing·en (hĭlʹdə-gärd' vŏn bĭngʹən, fôn), 1098-1178.

German nun, poet, and composer. Revered as a visionary during her own lifetime, she set her poems to music and also wrote works on medicine and natural history.

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