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Hildegard von Bingen
(hĭlˈdə-gärdˌ vŏn bĭngˈən, fôn) 1098-1179.
German nun, poet, and composer. Revered as a visionary during her own lifetime, she set her poems to music and also wrote works on medicine and natural history.