00:00Born in 1098, the tenth child of a noble German family,
00:05Ildegarde was offered to the church from the age of 8.
00:09It was entrusted to the recluse Jutta of Sponheim at the Dissi-Bodenberg monastery.
00:15There, she grew up according to the Benedictine rule, learning the holy scriptures, music, and herbal medicine.
00:24From childhood, she was subject to intense visions,
00:27a divine light that she keeps secret for fear of being misunderstood.
00:32Upon Jutta's death, Ildegarde became abbess.
00:37In 1141, at the age of 42, a vision more powerful than any other commanded her to write down what she saw.
00:44and hears.
00:46This is the beginning of his monumental work.
00:49Despite hesitations and health problems, she obeyed, aided by her secretary Volmar.
00:55His book, Scyvias, knows the voices, reveals his theological and cosmological visions.
01:04But Ildegarde is much more than just a mystic.
01:07It's a force of nature.
01:09She composed celestial music, the Symphonia Harmoniae Celestium Revelationum, whose beauty still resonates.
01:18She wrote about nature and medicine in Physica and Kousae and Kourae,
01:24surprisingly modern treatises for the time, describing the properties of plants, diseases and their remedies.
01:32She even creates a mysterious language, Lingua Ignota.
01:37His leadership is powerful.
01:38Against the advice of her male superiors, she led her community of nuns to found a new monastery in Ruppertsberg.
01:47near Bingen, then a second one in Eibingen.
01:51She did not hesitate to correspond with powerful figures, including papal advisors, emperors, and kings.
01:57not hesitating to reprimand them for their mistake.
01:59She was an itinerant preacher, a very rare thing for a woman of her time.
02:06travelling to defend the faith and the reform of the Church.
02:10She died in 1179.
02:13Hildegard of Bingen left us a colossal body of work and an incredibly rich life.
02:19Today, she is recognized as a saint and, since 2012, as a Doctor of the Church.
02:25a prestigious title that underlines the depth of his theological thought.
02:31She is remembered for her prophetic wisdom and her artistic genius.
02:36his holistic approach to humanity and nature, and his indomitable courage.
02:42She is a luminous figure, a pioneering woman,
02:45whose legacy continues to inspire and fascinate, celebrated on September 17.
02:55Subtitling by Radio-Canada
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