Anselm of Canterbury vs Hildegard of Bingen
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Compare the life timelines of Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109) and Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 11 years, from 1098 to 1109.
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Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)
- — Born in Aosta, in the Kingdom of Burgundy Verified
- — Entered the Benedictine abbey of Bec in Normandy Verified
- — Became prior of Bec Verified
- — Wrote the Monologion Verified
- — Wrote the Proslogion, containing the ontological argument Verified
- — Elected abbot of Bec Verified
- — Consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury Verified
- — First exile and completion of Cur Deus Homo Verified
- — Second exile during the investiture controversy Verified
- — Died at Canterbury Verified
Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
- — Born in Bermersheim vor der Höhe, Rhineland Verified
- — Enclosed with Jutta of Sponheim at Disibodenberg Verified
- — Elected magistra of the women's community at Disibodenberg Verified
- — Began writing Scivias after a visionary command Verified
- — Writings endorsed under Pope Eugenius III at the Synod of Trier Verified
- — Founded the monastery of Rupertsberg near Bingen Verified
- — Composed the Ordo Virtutum and her cycle of sacred songs Verified
- — Undertook preaching tours through Germany Verified
- — Founded a second monastery at Eibingen Verified
- — Completed the Liber Divinorum Operum Verified
- — Died at Rupertsberg Verified