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Born around 1098 in the Holy Roman Empire, Hildegard of Bingen

Born around 1098 in the Holy Roman Empire, Hildegard of Bingen was a medieval polymath and Benedictine abbess known as the 'Sibyl of the Rhine.' Active as a composer, writer, philosopher, mystic, and medical practitioner, she left more surviving chants than any other composer from the entire Middle Ages and is the most recorded medieval composer in modern history. Her liturgical drama Ordo Virtutum is considered among the oldest surviving morality plays. She was named a Doctor of the Church in 2012.

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