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Prophet and teacher throughout the ages
Pope Benedict XVI
servant of the servants of God, to be remembered in perpetuity:
“We declare by virtue of our Apostolic Office, for the honour of
God, the increase of faith and the propagation of the Christian
life, that Hildegard of Bingen, nun of the Order of St. Benedict,
is a saint to be entered in the catalogue of saints, and who may
with pious devotion be revered and invoked among the saints
of the Universal Church.
We know with assurance that our consideration to proceed with
the canonization, now formally ratified, of this woman who was
endowed with a saintly life and theological knowledge will bear
spiritual fruit within the Church. Hildegard devoted herself fully
to God’s work, which she made most intensely her own, with
steadfast commitment, bearing daily witness that God and His
Kingdom took first place above all other things. From her union
with Christ flowed, as from a spring, her spiritual abundance,
which not only enlightened her age but has made her an enduring
model of the quest for truth and dialogue with the world.”
From the Proclamation of Canonization (Litterae Decretales) of
May 10, 2012, on the ratification of the canonization of Hildegard
of Bingen.
is created as a free being. All his life the decision is left to him to live
up to his calling as God’s image, founded in the act of creation. “Man,
become what you already are – a human being.” This saying could
certainly be taken from Hildegard’s thought.
October 7, 2012: Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Square in Rome
after proclaiming St. Hildegard of Bingen a Doctor of the Church
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