Written work
Life of Saint Disibod
Vita sancti Disibodi episcopi
A life of the Irish bishop Disibod, patron of the monastery where Hildegard grew up, composed with almost no historical data and presented as the fruit of her vision. With the life of Saint Rupert it is the only hagiography she wrote and the only life of that saint that exists; it blends narrative, allegory and exhortation to monastic life.
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Authorship note
Written around 1170 at the request of Abbot Helenger of Disibodenberg, the monastery Hildegard had left two decades earlier. Critical edition by Christopher P. Evans in CCCM 226A (2016). It is also grouped with other short writings under the entry 'Minor Works'.
Editions and translations
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English
Hildegard of Bingen
Two Hagiographies: Vita sancti Rupperti confessoris, Vita sancti Dysibodi episcopi
The Conscious LibraryTwo Hagiographies: Vita sancti Rupperti confessoris, Vita sancti Dysibodi episcopi
Peeters (Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations, 11), 2010
Translation: Hugh Feiss (texto latino ed. Christopher P. Evans)
ISBN 9789042923188
Latín
Hildegard of Bingen
S. Hildegardis abbatissae opera omnia (Patrologia Latina, 197)
The Conscious LibraryS. Hildegardis abbatissae opera omnia (Patrologia Latina, 197)
J.-P. Migne, 1855
Edición antigua, superada por el Corpus Christianorum; digitalizada en Internet Archive.
Hildegardis Bingensis Opera minora II (CCCM 226A)
Brepols, 2016
ISBN 9782503548371
Edición crítica de Christopher P. Evans.
Other works by Hildegard of Bingen
- Scivias (Know the Ways) · 1151
- The Book of Life's Merits (The Book of the Rewards of Life) · 1163
- The Book of Divine Works · 1174
- Physica (Book of the Subtleties of Creatures) · 1158
- Causes and Cures · 1158
- Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations · 1158
- Ordo Virtutum (The Play of the Virtues) · 1151
- Unknown Language and Unknown Letters · 1158
- Letters · 1179
- Homilies on the Gospels · 1170
- Minor Works · 1170
- Life of Saint Hildegard · 1187
- Life of Saint Rupert · 1170
- Explanation of the Rule of Benedict
- An Explanation of the Athanasian Creed
- Solutions to Thirty-Eight Questions · 1176
- On the Excellence of Saint Martin
- Pentachronon, or Mirror of Future Times · 1220
Sources
- Brepols Publishers. Hildegardis Bingensis, Opera minora II, ed. Christopher P. Evans, Jeroen Deploige, Sara Moens, Michael Embach y Kurt Gärtner. Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Mediaevalis 226A. Turnhout: Brepols, 2016. ISBN 9782503548371 (ficha editorial con el índice del volumen).
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