Jul 3, 2009
Book written by: Carmen Acevedo Butcher. Paraclete Press. 244 pages. March 2007.
If the Pope was to look for another woman saint to be named as a Doctor of the Church, St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098 – 1179) would be a great candidate for this title. St. Hildegard was a Benedictine abbess of two monasteries of nuns in Germany near the Rhine River as well as a great mystic and preacher. She publicly preached to clergy and lay people and encouraged them to live as good Christians.