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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hildegard of Bingen

1098 - 1179

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Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen, pronounced [ˈhɪldəɡaʁt fɔn ˈbɪŋən]; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; c. 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer and practitioner during the High Middle Ages. She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most recorded in modern history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hildegard of Bingen has received more than 3,990,903 page views. Her biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). Hildegard of Bingen is the 62nd most popular religious figure (down from 61st in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Germany (down from 50th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Religious Figure.

Hildegard of Bingen was a German Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, philosopher, and Christian mystic. She is considered to be the first female composer in Western history.

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  • 78.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 84

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hildegard of Bingen ranks 62 out of 2,238. Before her are Anthony the Great, Anthony of Padua, Pope Clement VII, Luke the Evangelist, Benedict of Nursia, and Abu Hanifa. After her are Pope Alexander VI, Thomas the Apostle, Daniel, Pope Pius XI, Saint Valentine, and John Chrysostom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1098, Hildegard of Bingen ranks 1. After her is Pietro Polani. Among people deceased in 1179, Hildegard of Bingen ranks 1. After her are Odo de St Amand, Petrus Comestor, Antipope Callixtus III, Sancha of Castile, Queen of Navarre, and Erling Skakke.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hildegard of Bingen ranks 55 out of 6,142. Before her are Georg Ohm (1789), Thomas Mann (1875), Karl Benz (1844), Eva Braun (1912), Werner Heisenberg (1901), and Joseph Goebbels (1897). After her are William I, German Emperor (1797), Reinhard Heydrich (1904), Klemens von Metternich (1773), Heinrich Heine (1797), Jacques Offenbach (1819), and Gerd Müller (1945).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Hildegard of Bingen ranks 3. Before her are Martin Luther (1483) and Pope Benedict XVI (1927). After her are Albertus Magnus (1206), Ambrose (340), Pope Joan (null), Philip Melanchthon (1497), Pope Clement II (1005), Pope Damasus II (1000), Thomas à Kempis (1380), Bruno of Cologne (1030), and Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774).

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