Editing Hildegard of Bingen (section)

=== {{lang|la|Vita Sanctae Hildegardis}} ===

Hildegard's [[hagiography]], {{lang|la|Vita Sanctae Hildegardis}}, was compiled by the monk Theoderic of Echternach after Hildegard's death.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Silvas |first=Anna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_WL9R92dF4C |title=Jutta and Hildegard: The Biographical Sources |date=1998 |publisher=The Pennsylvania State University Press |isbn=978-0-271-01954-3 |location=University Park, PA |page=120 |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref> He included the hagiographical work {{lang|la|Libellus}}, or "Little Book", begun by Godfrey of Disibodenberg.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Silvas |first=Anna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_WL9R92dF4C |title=Jutta and Hildegard: The Biographical Sources |date=1998 |publisher=The Pennsylvania State University Press |isbn=978-0-271-01954-3 |location=University Park, PA |page=122 |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref> Godfrey had died before he was able to complete his work. Guibert of Gembloux was invited to finish the work; however, he had to return to his monastery with the project unfinished.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Coakley |first=John |url=https://archive.org/details/womenmenspiritua00coak |title=Women, Men, and Spiritual Power: Female Saints and Their Male Collaborators |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-231-13400-2 |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/womenmenspiritua00coak/page/n57 45]–67 |chapter=A Shared Endeavor? Guibert of Gembloux on Hildegard of Bingen |url-access=limited}}</ref> Theoderic utilized sources Guibert had left behind to complete the {{lang|la|Vita}}.