Bingen
Americannoun
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Hildegard von Hildegard of BingenSibyl of the Rhine, 1098–1178, German nun, healer, writer, and composer.
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a town in W Germany, on the Rhine River: whirlpool; tourist center.
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The ecstasies of attraction are sublimated into their long conversations about Boethius and Hildegard von Bingen, or about the suddenly debatable issues of contraception and clerical celibacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Opera’s 40th anniversary season, Sarah Kirkland Snider’s sincere and compelling “Hildegard,” based on a real-life 12th century abbess and present-day cult figure, St. Hildegard von Bingen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
While using the app on a recent morning, I encountered the music of Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th-century Benedictine nun and composer of Gregorian chants.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
The ship blocked the river until midday, when it was towed downstream to the town of Bingen.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
Wasn’t the great Hildegard of Bingen a woman?
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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