RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hildegard of Bingen

1098 - 1179

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Hildegard of Bingen OSB, (German: Hildegard von Bingen, pronounced [ˈhɪldəɡaʁt fɔn ˈbɪŋən]; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; c. 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as 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 4,290,801 page views. Her biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). Hildegard of Bingen is the 66th most popular religious figure (down from 60th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Germany (up from 55th 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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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 87

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.94

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  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hildegard of Bingen ranks 66 out of 3,187. Before her are Joseph Smith, Pope Pius XII, Judas Iscariot, Saint Valentine, Anthony of Padua, and Jerome. After her are Bartholomew the Apostle, Pope Innocent VII, Pope Julius II, 14th Dalai Lama, John Chrysostom, and Rachel.

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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 Antipope Callixtus III, Petrus Comestor, Odo de St Amand, Sancha of Castile, Queen of Navarre, Erling Skakke, and Urraca of Castile, Queen of Navarre.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hildegard of Bingen ranks 54 out of 7,253. Before her are Adolf Eichmann (1906), Felix Mendelssohn (1809), Heinrich Heine (1797), Bertolt Brecht (1898), Hannah Arendt (1906), and Josef Mengele (1911). After her are Georg Ohm (1789), William I, German Emperor (1797), Klemens von Metternich (1773), Joseph Goebbels (1897), Erich Maria Remarque (1898), and Reinhard Heydrich (1904).

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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 Ambrose (340), Albertus Magnus (1206), Pope Joan (null), Pope Damasus II (1000), Philip Melanchthon (1497), Pope Clement II (1005), Thomas à Kempis (1380), Bruno of Cologne (1030), and Pope Victor II (1018).

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