section_path: Papacy: 2005–2013/Tone of papacy/Doctors of the Church
section_name: Doctors of the Church
paragraph_text: Doctors of the Church
  
  On 7 October 2012, Benedict named Hildegard of Bingen and John of Ávila as Doctors of the Church, the 34th and 35th individuals so recognized in the history of Christianity.
  
  On 7 October 2012, Benedict named Hildegard of Bingen and John of Ávila as Doctors of the Church, the 34th and 35th individuals so recognized in the history of Christianity.