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Saint Scholastica (c.
480 -
543) is a
Catholic saint. Born in
Italy, she was the
twin sister of
St. Benedict of Nursia.
St. Gregory the Great, in his
Dialogues, tells us that she was a
nun and leader of a community for women at
Plombariola about five miles from St Benedict's abbey at
Monte Cassino. We don't know what rule this community followed, although it seems most likely it was the
Rule of St. Benedict.
Scholastica was dedicated to
God from a young age (some tellings of her story indicate that she preceded Benedict in godliness, and he came to holiness after she did, and in her wake). The most commonly told story about her is that she would, once a year, go and visit her brother at his abbey, and they'd spend the day worshiping together and discussing sacred texts and issues.
At the end of the day, they'd
supper and continued their conversation. When Benedict indicated it was time for him to leave, she protested, and begged him to stay with her for the evening so they could continue their discussions. He refused, insisting that he needed to return to his cell. At that point, Scholastica closed her hands in prayer, and after a moment, a wild
storm started outside of the guest house in which they were housed. Benedict asked, "What have you done?", to which she replied, "I asked you and you wouldn't listen; so I asked my God and he did listen. So now go off, if you can, leave me and return to your monastery."
Benedict was unable to return to his
monastery, and they spent the night in discussion. According to St. Gregory's
Dialogues, three days later, from his cell, he saw his sister's
soul leaving the earth and ascending to heaven in the form of a shining white
dove.
Her feast day is
February 10. St. Scholastica is the
patron saint of
convulsive children,
nuns, and is invoked against
storms and
rain.
Image:SantaScolastica Montecassino.jpg|Statue of St. Scholastica at the monastery of Montecassino
Image:Melk77.jpg|Statue of St. Scholastica in the Benedict altar in the transept of the church at Melk Abbey, Austria
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