Hildegard and Volmar
This image of Hildegard and Volmar can be found in the introduction to her first written work, Scivias. It is sometimes referred to as a self portrait, assuming Hildegard personally…
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Overview St. Hildegard’s Visions
Among her many charisms, St. Hildegard was a visionary. She had multiple encounters with the Living Light from the time she was a child up through her last year of…
Choirs of Angels
Throughout the Hildegard Haus, several of Hildegard’s visions are on display. One of her most recognizable pieces is of the Choirs of Angels. Using material found in the scriptures and…
Christ the Redeemer
Hanging on the south side wall of our sanctuary is a large framed image of St. Hildegard’s vision, Christ the Redeemer. We also have two smaller framed prints of this…
Four Seasons
Throughout this long and complicated vision, the Living Light revealed to St. Hildegard the relationship between the heavens (macrocosm) and creation, including the human body (microcosm). This vision not only…
The Cosmic Egg
The inspiration for St. Hildegard’s vision of the Cosmic Egg came from an encounter with what she described as the Living Light. The following description is an excerpt from her…
Trinity in Unity
This image of the Trinity in Unity from the Book of Scivias is one of the briefest of her visionary works and yet is one of the most profound. There…
City of God in Salvation History
This piece is from St. Hildegard’s last theological work, the Book of Divine Works, completed just a few years before she died. This particular vision explains Hildegard’s understanding of the…
Font of Living Water: the Baptistry
Our baptistry, like most churches in the Catholic tradition, contains a variety of symbols. Our baptismal font is a green glass bowl. Green (viriditas) is foundational to Hildegard’s theology. Next…
Hildegard and Richardis
One of Hildegard’s most beloved nuns was a young woman placed in her care, Richardis von Stade. Richardis was with Hildegard at the Disibodenberg. She likely assisted in compiling Hildegard’s…