Luddimilia, Elisabeth Von Schwarzburg Rudolfstadt

Luddimilia, Elisabeth Von Schwarzburg Rudolfstadt a noted female hymnist of Germany, was born April 7, 1640, and died March 12, 1672. She wrote 215 hymns, many of which are the pearls of German sacred song. They were published entire in 1687, under the title Die Stimme der Freundin (new edit. 1868). See her biography by Thilo (1856).