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Day 12: Hildegard’s Feast Day — Viriditas, Prophecy, and the Living Legacy
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The virtual pilgrimage ends on Hildegard’s Feast Day with Matthew Fox, poet Colleen Keating, and a wide-ranging conversation about viriditas,…

Day 11: Hildegard’s Music — Theology in Sound at the Abbey of Eibingen
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At the Abbey of Saint Hildegard in Eibingen, the pilgrimage turns to music — the theology Hildegard encoded in sound,…

Stage 10: On the Hildegard Way — A Modern Pilgrim’s Account
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Heather Boyle walked the Hildegard Way in 2019 alongside Dr. Annette Esser. This is her account of what she found…

Stage 9: Bingen — Hildegard Founds the Rupertsberg
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The Hildegardweg ends in Bingen — where Hildegard founded her most important work at fifty-two, against all opposition, and where…

How Hildegard Gained Fame as a Seeress, Stage 8: Bingerbrück
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Above Bingen and the Rhine, with the end of the trail in sight, Hildegard speaks of how she stepped —…

Hildegard’s Pilgrimages and Teaching Tours, Stage 7: Braunweiler
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At Keber’s Cross in Braunweiler, Hildegard speaks of the great pilgrimage routes of her age — and of her own…

Jutta of Sponheim, Hildegard’s Teacher – Stage 6: — Burgsponheim
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At the tower of Burg Sponheim, Hildegard speaks carefully about the woman who taught her, shaped her, and chose a…

Stage 5: Disibodenberg — Forty Years at the Heart of the Hildegard Way
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The ruins of Disibodenberg — where Hildegard lived for forty years — are the emotional heart of the Hildegard Way.…

Stage 4: Monzingen — Hildegard’s Art of Healing
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At the herb garden in Monzingen, Hildegard speaks of her medical knowledge — built not from books alone, but from…

Stage 3: Hochstetten-Dhaun — Hildegard’s Visions
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From the hilltop church at Hochstetten-Dhaun, with the Nahe valley spread below, Hildegard speaks of the living light she carried…