1098 - Born in Bockelheim on the Nahe
1106 - Attends Benedictine monastary at Mount St. Disibode where
she is taught by
Jutta, a recluse and a sister of Count
Meginhard
1116 - Hildegard becomes a Benedictine nun
1136 - Following the death of Jutta, Hildegard becomes the head of
the female community
at Mount St. Disibode
1136-1140 - Hildegard experiences a serious of vision
1140-1150 - Hildegard is commanded by God and devoted to writing
down these visions.
1141-1151 - Working on was is considered her greatest work,
Scivias
1147 - Hildegard's writings are brought before Pope Eugene II -
favorably received
1147/8 - Count Bernard of Nildesheim grants her permission to open
a new convent in Rupertsberg, near Bingen
(on the left side of
the Rhine)
1179 - Hildegard dies (September 17)
