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Tuesday, September 17, 2024

O soror Sapientiae: A Chronogram for the Feast of St. Hildegard of Bingen

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Wisdom From the Stammheim Missal, fol. 11; Getty Museum, Ms. 64 (97.MG.21) ) o soror sapIentIae, eLeCta et ereCta Ita qVoD oMnes Crea...
Sunday, September 17, 2023

O virgo visionibus fulgens: A Chronogram for the Feast of St. Hildegard of Bingen

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Humility; detail from the Pillar of the Savior's Humanity, Scivias 3.8 ( Rupertsberg MS, fol. 178r ) o VIrgo VIsIonIbVs fVLgens, qVIb...
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023

New Article: “O Jewel Resplendent”: The Virgin Mary and Her Analogues in Hildegard of Bingen’s Scivias

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Now published in Religions 14:3 (2023), 342 (21pp) , as part of a Special Issue on “The Virgin Mary in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance...
Saturday, September 17, 2022

O prophetissa oecologica: A Chronogram for the Feast of St. Hildegard of Bingen

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Scivias 3.12: The Last Judgement Rupertsberg MS, fol. 225r o prophetIssa oeCoLogICa, eLeMenta CVnCta, propter praVa opera nostra sVbVer...
Friday, August 19, 2022

"Sexual Abuse and the Shadows of the Fall"

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In this new essay published today at The Church Life Journal , I look at St. Hildegard of Bingen's views on the origins of sexual abuse ...
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Friday, April 22, 2022

“Hildegard of Bingen’s Lament for the Environmental Crisis Caused by Human Sin”

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For Earth Day, I've got an extended look at the integrated ecological vision of St. Hildegard of Bingen up over at the Church Life Journ...
Saturday, December 25, 2021

“Let the heavens be glad and let the earth rejoice!” (Ps 95[96].11)

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The Nativity of Christ, from the Floreffe Bible, British Library, Add MS 17738, fol. 168r (ca. 1170, Belgium) A Sermon for the Nativity ...
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Monday, November 01, 2021

Now published: “Picturing Hildegard of Bingen’s Sight” in The Cambridge Companion to Hildegard of Bingen

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Nathaniel M. Campbell, “Picturing Hildegard of Bingen’s Sight: Illuminating Her Visions.” Ch. 12 in The Cambridge Companion to Hildegard of...
Friday, September 17, 2021

O hortulana sapiens: A Chronogram for the Feast of St. Hildegard of Bingen

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A statue of St. Hildegard in a garden. Source: The Abbey of the St. Hildegard. o hortVLana sapIens, VIsIones tVae Verba VtILIa sICVt h...
Monday, November 09, 2020

St. Hildegard of Bingen on the Interconnectedness of Creation

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I gave the following talk as part of the 2020 “St. Hildegard Speaks” virtual pilgrimage in September: You can find my translation of Hild...
Thursday, September 17, 2020

O luce viventi coronata: A Chronogram for the Feast of St. Hildegard of Bingen

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Hildegard beholds the universe. Liber Divinorum Operum 1.4 (detail from Lucca, MS 1942, fol. 38r ) o LVCe VIVentI Coronata, CVIVs V...
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Sunday, May 31, 2020

“By the word of the Lord the heavens were established, and all their power by the spirit of his mouth.” (Ps 32[33].6)

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A Sermon for Pentecost Pentecost From British Library, MS Egerton 809, fol. 35v (Gospel Lectionary, early 12th cen., Germany) From t...
Thursday, May 21, 2020

“The sun was lifted up, and the moon stood fixed in its order.” (Hbk 3.11)

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The Ascension of Christ 13th-c. apse window, Lyons Cathedral (Image: Wikipedia ) A Sermon for the Ascension of the Lord From the Spe...
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Sunday, April 12, 2020

“This is the day that the Lord has made!”

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Opening of the sermon De Paschali Die , from Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Lyell 56, fol. 58v. A Sermon for Easter Day From the Spec...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Spiritui Sancto honor sit: A Chronogram for the Feast of St. Hildegard

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Human microcosm enmeshed by clouds. Liber Divinorum Operum 1.3 (detail from Lucca, MS 1942, fol. 28v ) spIrItVI sanCto honor sIt, qVI ...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

New Article: “The prophetess and the pope: St. Hildegard of Bingen, Pope Benedict XVI, and prophetic visions of church reform”

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Nathaniel M. Campbell, “The prophetess and the pope: St. Hildegard of Bingen, Pope Benedict XVI, and prophetic visions of church reform,” po...
Monday, October 29, 2018

Now Published: St. Hildegard of Bingen’s The Book of Divine Works

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I am pleased to announce that my translation of The Book of Divine Works by St. Hildegard of Bingen is now available from The Catholic Un...
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Monday, September 17, 2018

O vas speculativum: A Chronogram for the Feast of St. Hildegard

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St. Hildegard of Bingen recording her visions in the Liber Divinorum Operum (I.1), from Lucca, MS 1942, fol. 1 . o Vas speCVLatIVVM LV...
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Friday, December 15, 2017

Article Published: The Authorship and Function of the Chapter Summaries to Hildegard of Bingen’s Liber diuinorum operum (JMLat 27)

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Campbell, Nathaniel M. “The Authorship and Function of the Chapter Summaries to Hildegard of Bingen’s Liber diuinorum operum .” The Journal...
Sunday, September 17, 2017

O Sibylla vera Rhenensis: A Chronogram for the Feast of St. Hildegard of Bingen

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St. Hildegard of Bingen recording her visions in the Liber Divinorum Operum (I.1), from Lucca, MS 1942, fol. 1. o sIbyLLa Vera rhenens...
Saturday, September 17, 2016

O vox nunc in caelo: A Chronogram for the Feast of St. Hildegard of Bingen

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St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179). Detail from painting by Cynthia Large. o VoX nVnC In CaeLo CantICa sonans sVperna, sVper qVae anIM...
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Thursday, September 17, 2015

O vox praeclara: A Chronogram for the Feast of St. Hildegard of Bingen

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St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) Stained-glass window (restored), Rochuskapelle / Museum am Strom . o VoX praeCLara, VIDens In LVCe...
Monday, September 29, 2014

Hildegard of Bingen Studies and this Blog

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St. Hildegard of Bingen recording her visions in the Liber Divinorum Operum (I.1), from Lucca, MS 1942, fol. 1. Over the last year or two...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

O prophetissa teutonica: A Chronogram in Honor of St. Hildegard of Bingen

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Portrait of St. Hildegard. Rupertsberg Scivias , fol. 1r (Protestificatio) o prophetIssa teVtonICa et DoCtrIX beata eCCLesIae, VIsI...
Monday, September 08, 2014

Quia ergo femina (Symphonia 12)

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For the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, An Antiphon by St. Hildegard of Bingen [1] Scivias III.3: Amor Caelestis. Ru...
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Friday, August 22, 2014

Cum processit factura (Symphonia 13)

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For the Octave of the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, An Antiphon by St. Hildegard of Bingen [1] Scivias I.2: The F...
Friday, August 15, 2014

O quam magnum miraculum (Symphonia 16)

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For the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, An Antiphon by St. Hildegard of Bingen [1] Virgin Mary, Queen of Heavens...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

O viriditas digiti Dei (Symphonia 42)

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For the Octave of St. Disibod, a Responsory by St. Hildegard of Bingen [1] St. Disibod Oil on canvas, 17th c. (From Colonial Art ) V...
Tuesday, July 08, 2014

O mirum admirandum (Symphonia 41)

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For the Feast of St. Disibod, an Antiphon by St. Hildegard of Bingen [1] “The Ruins of the Disibodenberg Monastery,” Lithograph, 1833. F...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

O vos felices radices (Symphonia 32)

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For the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, A Responsory for Patriarchs and Prophets by St. Hildegard of Bingen [1] Sciv...