Hildegard as Hagiographer: Two Saints' Lives and Monastic Reform in Twelfh-century Germany

Hildegard of Bingen's Vita Disibodi and Vita Ruperti have not received much attention in the scholarship. Drawing up the recent critical edition of the two vitae, I analyze these two texts within the contexts of Hildegard's theology of the monastic life and her ecclesiology. In composing t...

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Main Author: Ginther, James R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brepols 2023
In: Revue bénédictine
Year: 2023, Volume: 133, Issue: 1, Pages: 162-188
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hildegard, Bingen, Äbtissin, Heilige 1098-1179, Vita Sancti Disibodi / Hildegard, Bingen, Äbtissin, Heilige 1098-1179, Vita Sancti Ruperti / Religious life / Monastery / Church / Ecclesiology
IxTheo Classification:KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
KCD Hagiography; saints
NBN Ecclesiology
RB Church office; congregation
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