Interesting Facts: Hildegard was also known as a visionary and prophetess. She started receiving visions when she was a child but it was only in her 40s when she decided to keep track of it in writing. Her 26 recorded visions are known as Scivias. She wrote," And it came to pass when I was 42 and 7 months old, that the heavens were opened and and a blinding light of exceptional brilliance flowed through my entire brain. And so it kindled my whole heart and breast like a flame, not burning but warming and suddenly I understood of the meaning of expositions of the books.