In what year was the abbess who wrote the biography of Bertha of Bingen born?
Hildegard of Bingen Hildegard of Bingen, O.S.B. (German: "Hildegard von Bingen" ; ; 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, visionary, and polymath. She is considered to be the founder of scientific natural history in Germany.
Françoise de Bette Françoise Bette (1593–1666) was, from 1637 to 1666, the 26th abbess of Forest Abbey.