Virtutes
The Sweet Warrior and the Fountain
The Virtues praise the sweetest warrior woman who swallowed the greedy wolf in the rushing fountain and invite her to fight alongside them against the deceiver.
O sweetest warrior woman, in the rushing fountain who swallowed the greedy wolf — O glorious crowned one, we gladly fight alongside you against this deceiver.
Read the original Latin
O dulcissima bellatrix, in torrente fonte qui absorbuit lupum rapacem – o gloriosa coronata, nos libenter militamus tecum contra illusorem hunc.
Ordo Virtutum (Order of the Virtues) companion
Let a different Virtue meet you each morning
Chosen Portion walks you through the whole Ordo Virtutum — and Hildegard's Scivias — as free daily devotionals.
The Ordo was performed scene by scene by Hildegard's nuns, and Chosen Portion restores that rhythm — one scene of the Virtues' drama as each day's devotional.
- The complete 84-scene drama, one short scene per day, in modern readable English
- Each portion pairs the scene with its Scripture echoes — 26 references resolved across the play
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