Clementia KillewaldOSB (born Elisabeth Killewald, 25 April 1954 – 2 July 2016[1]) was a German Benedictinenun at Eibingen Abbey. She served first as an organist, then took care of the elderly and sick, and finally from 2000 she served as abbess. She introduced the life and work of Saint Hildegard of Bingen, the founder of the abbeys of Rupertsberg and Eibingen, during the 2012 ceremony when Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed Hildegard a Doctor of the Church.
At the abbey, she worked first as an organist and member of the Choralschola, then took care of the elderly and sick in the infirmary. In summer of 2000 she was chosen by the convent to succeed Edeltraud Forster as abbess. She was dedicated on 3 October 2000 by Bishop Franz Kamphaus.[3][4]
As the abbess, she regularly led the annual procession on the feast of Hildegard on 17 September with her shrine carried through the streets.[5] She lectured about Hildegard, for example at the Liborifest of the Diocese of Paderborn in the presence of Archbishop Hans-Josef Becker in 2010.[6] When Hildegard was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church on 7 October 2012 by Pope Benedikt XVI, Mother Clementia introduced Hildegard's life and work on St. Peter's Square during the ceremony.[2][7][8]
Barbara Stühlmeyer, Sabine Böhm: Tugenden und Laster. Wegweisung im Dialog mit Hildegard von Bingen, 2012, ISBN978-3-87071-287-7.
Das Leben der heiligen Hildegard von Bingen. Vitae sanctae Hildegardis. Works, vol. III, translated by Monika Klaes-Hachmöller, with an introduction by Michael Embach. 2013, ISBN978-3-87071-262-4.
Das Buch der Lebensverdienste. Liber vitae meritorum. Works, vol. VII, translated by Sr. Maura Zatonyi OSB. 2014, ISBN978-3-87071-314-0.
Awards
The composer Ludger Stühlmeyer dedicated his Quatre pièces pour Orgue:Prélude romantique, Caprice expressionique, Hymne impressionique, Fugue baroque in 2001 to her, "Äbtissin Clementia zugeeignet" (dedicated to Abbess Clementia). It was published by the Sonat-Verlag in 2013, ISMN 979-0-50235-058-1.
^ abWilling, Martin. "Clementia, Schwester" (in German). Kevelaerer Enzyclopädie. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.