Title from container. Based on the stage performance by Erv Raible. Originally released as a motion picture in 2012. Special features: Hildegard's authentic word for today; Hildegard and her music; Hildegard's visions; Hildegard's canonization; The Hildegarde project; Hildegard and the Bible. Linn Maxwell.
Summary:
In a tour-de-force performance, internationally acclaimed mezzo soprano Linn Maxwell transports us back to medieval Europe to meet Hildegard of Bingen, a prophet, healer, composer, and mystical writer. This medieval nun was widely known in her own day and is even more so, today: In October 2012, the Catholic Church made her a Saint as well as a ₁Doctor of the Church, ₂ 800 years after her death.
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