Hildegard of Bingen, doctor of the Church (1098–1179)

Biography

Despite having a timid and sickly nature, he accepted the mission given to him by God and exhorted the Pope, emperors, kings and clerics to convert and reject the bad customs that had appeared especially in religious spheres. He wrote several works on spirituality and theology, but he also had a great knowledge of medicinal plants and herbs and wrote two books on their nature and use. Every day, needy people and seriously ill people arrived at the doors of the convent so that Hildegard could advise them or cure them with her medicines and prayers. The people saw as a special gift of love from God the personal advice and help provided by the hands of this woman, who also suffered multiple pains in her own body.