apr 26, 1098 - Hiledgard of Bingen (1098-1179)
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Hilegard, born to a noble family in the Rhine region of Germany, was consecrated to the church by her family at age eight. Famous for her prophecies, she corresponded with emperors, kings, popes, and bishops and preached throughout Germany. Hildegard wrote religious peoms as well as prose, and by the 1140s she began setting them to music. Her songs are preserved in 2 manuscripts organized in a liturgical cycle, with indications that many were sung in her convents and near by monasteries and churches.
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