Origin: Bermersheim near Alzey, probably Historical identity: Rhenish / medieval German Affiliation: Benedictine tradition (OSB)
Life and work
Benedictine abbess, visionary writer and composer. Her communities near Bingen supported a wide correspondence and a series of public preaching journeys through the Rhineland and neighboring regions.
Years are historical biographical dates; an approximate label on a place record remains approximate.
Selected sourced locations; not a complete itinerary. All geographic coordinates are approximate.
Lifetime associations, not citizenship or a claim that all affiliations were held simultaneously.
This visit is distinct from the 1147/1148 synod, where her writings were read; that event does not establish her physical presence.
Official modern biographical overview; not contemporary evidence for the saint's travels.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910. Biographical article.
Publisher edition of a primary work; full text is not assumed to be freely available.
Recommended scholarly reading. Publisher/catalogue link; not used as consulted evidence for seed place claims.
Oxford University Press, 2011. Recommended reference; consult the relevant entry and its bibliography. Not treated as read evidence for individual seed claims.