Special opening of the Angelica Library on Saturday, November 16 4 – 7 pm. A number of printed volumes on Hildegard of Bingen will be on display on the occasion. Hildegard of Bingen Discussions and Readings 4:45 p.m. Songs of a Benedictine mystic echo loudly in the cradle of Augustinian thought, admirable gilded volumes testify today to the intellectual and soulful flavor of Hildegard. Cultural appointment and more. The intent is to pay homage to a woman who lived more than eight centuries ago, but with relevant artistic and modern connotations. A life intertwined with spirituality and “worldliness,” understood, etymologically, as consciousness and active participation: realizing a world of love, cultivating the arts, from literature to botany, from music to alchemy. From humble beginnings he soon took the path of postulant monasticism, confronting kings, popes, emperors and high political offices, never forgetting his faith relationship with God and man. As a prelude to and on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, a portrait of a woman made spokeswoman for the humble, who steadfastly and self-sacrificingly defended women’s rights, which were already strongly subject to the ancestral and harsh judgment of men. Oppressed in life and death, she was named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012.

Theatrical and musical nods thanks to the soulful wisdom of actress Barbara Bricca and the rhythmic frequency of Francesca Turchetti’s guitar.