Doctor of the Church
Saint Hildegard of Bingen
Religious · Doctor of the Church — Sibyl of the Rhine · Feast September 17
Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Sibyl of the Rhine, declared a Doctor of the Church.
Background
Saint Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), Benedictine abbess, mystic, composer, and polymath, recorded her visions in Scivias and wrote on theology, medicine, and music. Declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012.
Summary
Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Sibyl of the Rhine, declared a Doctor of the Church.
Doctor title
Sibyl of the Rhine
Feast day
September 17
Feast month
9
Ecclesial role
religious
Feast day of month
17