Saint Hildegard of Bingen was born in the year 1098 in Böchelheim Castle on the Nahe River. Hildegard's specific birth date is unknown. She was born the tenth child to her father, Hildebert and her mother, Mechtildis. His family was very noble. At the age of 8, her family could not support her, so she was entrusted to an anchor named Jutta. From then on she would receive a religious education and live the religious life that would soon transform her into a nun. From this age he spent in the Benedictine house. During this time he began to have visions and illnesses. Some of the visions he would have included bright lights, sounds of symphonies and figures that would appear. While living in the Benedictine House he had the opportunity to learn to read musical notation; learns German and a little Latin from Jutta; and proposed to go on duty at least eight times a day. Jutta taught Hildegard basic education and from there she learned to read the Psalter in Latin. Because of Hildegard's grammatical errors, she would have had the help of her longtime secretaries, Jutta and Volmar (another monk), to write down her visions. Her visions later inspired her to write music. In the year 1136, when Hildegard was about 38 years old, Jutta died and Hildegard was elected to lead the women of Disibodenberg. Despite Hildegard's visions, women were not moved to vote for her. As her role as leader continued to grow and flourish, by her 42nd birthday her visions had also continued to grow upon her. He began to see images, hear voices and was sometimes unable to move. Because of her visions she was called to write and teach everything she saw and heard. Describes the view...... in the center of the sheet......"The life and works of Hildegard Von Bingen (1098-1179)." Internet history textbook project. Fordham University, May 24, 1995. Web. September 16, 2013. Mershman, Francis. "Saint Hildegard." The Catholic Encyclopedia. vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. October 5, 2013. Singer, Charles. "The Visions of Hildegard of Bingen." Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 78 (2005): n. page National Center for Biotechnology Information. United States National Library of Medicine, January 2005. Web. 02 October 2013. Vision: From the Life of Hildegard Von Bingen. Dir. Margarethe Von Trotta. Perf. Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch and Hannah Herzsprung. Netflix. Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph, September 29, 2009. Web. November 7. 2013. .