Hildegarde von Bingen: Doctor of ...?

[Wm777]

I know she is canonized, and she’s been made a Doctor of the Catholic Church… but what is she the doctor of?

For example, St John Vianney is the Doctor of Parish Priests; Saint Theresa of Avila is the Doctor of Prayer, and so on…

Been searching, and found lots on the fact that she’s a Doctor, but I can’t find what Saint Hildegarde is the Doctor of …?

 

[goout]

I know she is canonized, and she’s been made a Doctor of the Catholic Church… but what is she the doctor of?

For example, St John Vianney is the Doctor of Parish Priests; Saint Theresa of Avila is the Doctor of Prayer, and so on…

Been searching, and found lots on the fact that she’s a Doctor, but I can’t find what Saint Hildegarde is the Doctor of …?

I believe those are not official titles. St J Vianney is the patron of parish priests.
St JP2’s thoughts:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/benedi...hf_ben-xvi_apl_20121007_ildegarda-bingen.html

 

[angel12]

I know she is canonized, and she’s been made a Doctor of the Catholic Church… but what is she the doctor of?

She doesn’t have to be a “Doctor of” anything, except what she is, a Doctor of the Church.

 

[KyPerson]

Some of the Doctors of the Church do get a another descriptive title such as John of the Cross who is called the Mystical Doctor or Francis de Sales who is the Doctor of Charity. But not all the Doctors of the Church have another title. One of my own favorites is Bede the Venerable who is just a plain old Doctor of the Church as is Hildegarde and that’s really enough.

 

[Wm777]

Thank you all for all your insights…

 

[pulchraesamicamea]

She is a Doctor of the Church with the title of Sibyl of the Rhine- and through her works on natural sciences, she is often considered ‘Doctor of natural science’ but that is not an official title.
But the Sibyl of the Rhine is a strong title of the Doctor who practiced a lot of her works in natural healing.

 

[rom]

She has many titles actually. She is Doctor of Visions (Doctor visionis), Doctor of Greeness (Doctor viriditatis), Doctor of Symphony (Doctor symphoniae) and Doctor of Divine Works (Doctor divini operis).

St. Hildegard, also known as “the Sybil of the Rhine,” was born in Bockelheim, Germany on September 16, 1098. Being the tenth child in the family, she was dedicated to the church at birth. At age 8 she was given to the care of her aunt, Jutta, in a hermitage near Speyer. Eventually St. Hildegard herself became a Benedictine nun, and later founded a convent in Bingen. Saint Hildegard was a great mystic and visionary. She recorded 26 of her visions in her book, Scivias. But she was noted, not merely for her visions, but also for her music, her songs, and her theology of the microcosm and macrocosm in which she described man as the peak of God’s creation. Although based on primitive science, her books on natural history and healing, - where she described the curative powers of ordinary objects, such as plants, trees and stones, - still gathered great interest in the present world where a holistic, natural approach to healing is preferred over artificial drugs and medicines.

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