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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

Outwardly, soprano Nola Richardson can seem a coolly proficient Hildegard, the efficient manager of a convent and her sisters.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

Hildegard Müller, president of the German Association of the Automotive Industry, said the new tariffs would be a costly burden.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

Consult a guide book, an expert, or take a mushroom to the Puget Sound Mycological Society’s Hildegard Hendrickson ID clinic, held Mondays during fall and spring foraging seasons.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2023

One of the first named composers worth knowing about was a woman - a spectacularly clever and imaginative German woman, Hildegard of Bingen, who was born in 1098.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall