Disibodenberg today
Disibodenberg ruins
Disibodenberg ruins
Disibodenberg picture
Disibodenberg is a monastery ruin in
Rhineland-Palatinate,
Germany. It was founded by Saint
Disibod
Saint Disibod (619–c.700) was an Irish monk and hermit, first mentioned in a martyrologium by Hrabanus Maurus (9th century). Hildegard of Bingen around 1170 composed a ''Vita'' of Saint Disibod He is commemorated on 8 September.
According to ...
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Hildegard of Bingen, who wrote Disibod's biography "Vita Sancti Disibodi", lived in Disibodenberg for 39 years.
In 640, Disibod came as a missionary from
Ireland to
Francia. After working for 10 years in
Vosges and
Ardennes
The Ardennes (french: Ardenne ; nl, Ardennen ; german: Ardennen; wa, Årdene ; lb, Ardennen ), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Be ...
, he arrived near
Odernheim am Glan and started teaching there. After his death, the monastery was founded. The Normans and the Hungarians plundered and destroyed the site several times, but Archbishop
Willigis
Willigis ( la, Willigisus; german: Willigis, Willegis; 940 – 23 February 1011 AD) was Archbishop of Mainz from 975 until his death as well as archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire.
Life
Willigus was born in the Duchy of Saxony, possibly at ...
of Mainz rebuilt the church and monastery in the 10th century. It was home to famed saint
Hildegard Von Bingen throughout much of the 12th century.
Notes
* Wolfgang Müller: ''Nahekunde: Sobernheim und seine Umgebung im Wechsel der Zeiten''. Sobernheim a. d. Nahe: H. Schäffling, 1924.
* Charlotte Kerner: ''Alle Schönheit des Himmels - Die Lebensgeschichte der Hildegard von Bingen''. 1993
* Eberhard J. Nikitsch: ''Kloster Disibodenberg. Religiosität, Kunst und Kultur im mittleren Naheland''. (Große Kunstführer Bd. 202). Regensburg 1998.
External links
Scivias-Stiftung Disibodenberg
Monasteries in Rhineland-Palatinate
Ruins in Germany
Naheland
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