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Old 11-30-2012, 07:40 PM
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. . . Besides ".....von Bingen" means ".....from Bingen".

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If you already knew then why did you ask?

The preposition "von" could also mean that she was of Bingen royalty, which might be different from the city. In her times she could have lived and died in what is now Frankfurt but have been Von Bingen then and reduced to von Bingen now.

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