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September 17 · Optional · White
St Hildegard of Bingen
(1098–1179) German Benedictine abbess, mystic, composer, and Doctor of the Church. Her visionary work Scivias was approved by Pope Eugene III. A polymath in an age that did not expect it of women.
A prayerSaint Hildegard, sibyl of the Rhine, give us your sense of the green and the holy in creation.
When is the feast of St Hildegard of Bingen?
The feast is celebrated on September 17 each year, kept as a optional in the General Roman Calendar, with white vestments.
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