# Bertha of Bingen > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bertha_of_Bingen > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bertha_of_Bingen.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Bingen > Source revision: 1355566833 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Saint Bertha of Bingen Born unknown Died 757 Venerated in Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church Feast 15 May **Saint Bertha of Bingen** (German: *Heilige Berta*, died c. 757) was the mother of [Rupert of Bingen](/source/Rupert_of_Bingen). Her biography was written by [Hildegard of Bingen](/source/Hildegard_of_Bingen), who lived in the same region and popularized her cult, about four hundred years later.[1] Bertha and Rupert share a feast day on 15 May. ## Bertha of Bingen Bertha was a descendant of the [dukes of Lorraine](/source/Duke_of_Lorraine), and had considerable property along the rivers [Rhine](/source/Rhine) and [Nahe](/source/Nahe_(Rhine)). She married Robolaus, a pagan, who died when their son Rupert was three years old. Bertha then retired to today's [Rupertsberg](/source/Rupertsberg) with her son and the priest Wigbert. She built a small church and led a secluded life with much vigilance and fasting, gave the needy some of her wealth and gradually gathered other people to follow her example.[2] Bertha devoted her energy to educating Rupert. Following a pilgrimage to Rome, she gave away the rest of her possessions and came to live near [Bingen](/source/Bingen_am_Rhein) (called Rupertsberg after her son). Rupert died at age 20, but Bertha outlived him by 25 years.[3] ## Veneration The little church on the Rupertsberg became a place of pilgrimage and was still standing when Hildegard founded a monastery there around 1150.[2] Hildegard moved, with her nuns, from [Disibodenberg](/source/Disibodenberg) to [Rupertsberg](/source/Rupertsberg), and established a monastery on the site of the ruined castle, where Bertha and Rupert were buried. The *Vita Sancti Ruperti*[4] was written about this time, "[…] to revive the cult of St. Rupert and to legitimize the vision that called her to move there".[5] The monastery at Rupertsberg was destroyed in 1632, during the [Thirty Years' War](/source/Thirty_Years'_War). Their relics were transferred to [Eibingen](/source/Eibingen).[6] Bertha's head is kept in the Hildegard Church; Rupert's arm is on display in a reliquary in Eibingen church. Other relics were brought back to Bingen in 1814, where they are venerated in the chapel on the Rochusberg.[2] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Borrelli, Antonio. "Beata Berta di Bingen", Santi e Beati](http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92398) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Bistum_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Bistum_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Bistum_2-2) ["BERTHA VON BINGEN"](https://bistum-augsburg.de/Heilige-des-Tages/Heilige/BERTHA-VON-BINGEN). *[Bistum Augsburg](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Augsburg)* (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Saint Hildegard (1998). [*Symphonia: A Critical Edition of the Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum \[Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations\]*](https://books.google.com/books?id=hveMDSLm5G4C&dq=Saint+Bertha+of+Bingen&pg=PA294). Contributions by [Barbara Newman](/source/Barbara_Newman) (2nd ed.). Cornell University Press. p. 294. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8014-8547-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8014-8547-3). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Throop, Priscilla (2010). *Three Lives and a Rule*. MedievalMS. [ASIN](/source/ASIN_(identifier)) [B00588E3EI](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00588E3EI). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** King-Lenzmeier, Anne H. (2001). [*Hildegard of Bingen: An Integrated Vision*](https://books.google.com/books?id=cQoSn3LPgUkC&dq=saint+bertha+of+bingen&pg=PA122). The Liturgical Press. p. 122. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8146-5842-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8146-5842-0). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-odden_6-0)** ["Den hellige Rupert av Bingen (712-~732)"](https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/rubingen) [Saint Rupert of Bingen (712–~732)]. *Den katolske kirke* (in Norwegian). 20 December 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2023. ## Sources - Herbert J. Thurston and Donald Attwater, eds. *Butler's Lives of the Saints*, vol. 2. Allen, TX: Christian Classics, 1956. Page 322. - Anne H. King-Lenzmeier: Hildegard of Bingen: An Integrated Vision. Liturgical Press, Colledgeville 2001, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8146-5842-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8146-5842-3), S. 122. ## Literature - Werner Lauter: Rupert von Bingen. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [3-88309-053-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-88309-053-0), Sp. 1018–1021. - Ernst Probst: Hildegard von Bingen - Die deutsche Prophetin. GRIN, München/Ravensburg 2010, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [3-640-68859-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-640-68859-7), S. 19, 20 & 52. ## External links - ["San Ruperto di Bingen", Santi e Beati](http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92774) - [Klosterstiftung Sankt Hildegard](http://www.hildegard.org/rupert/rupert.html) - ['*Kirch and Leben* magazine](http://kirchensite.de/fragen-glauben/heiligenkalender/heiligenkalender-einzeldarstellung/datum/2000/05/15/heiliger-rupert-von-bingen/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170707024036/http://kirchensite.de/fragen-glauben/heiligenkalender/heiligenkalender-einzeldarstellung/datum/2000/05/15/heiliger-rupert-von-bingen/) 7 July 2017 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) [Portals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals): - [Saints](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Saints) - [Biography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Biography) - [Catholicism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Catholicism) - [France](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:France) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bertha of Bingen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Bingen) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Bingen?action=history)). 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