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Hildegard of Bingen · Birth 1098 in at Bermersheim bei Alzey (Bockelheim, Germany) in the diocese of Mainz. She was the tenth child in her family · Death 17th September 1179, at the age of 81 · Parents Hildebert and Mechtilide, were a noble family in Germany · Education At the age of 8 Hildegard was sent to a convent and was raised and educated there. She was dedicated to the church by her parents and sent to an anchoress, Jutta for education at Disibodenberg · Life Vocation To serve the church, to be a medieval prophet, a healer,