 Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen (; ; 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, visionary, and polymath.She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most-recorded in modern history.