Scholastica (c. 480 – 10 February 542) is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches. Born in Italy she was the twin sister of 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 Benedict’s abbey at Monte Cassino. We do not know what rule this community followed although it seems most likely it was the Rule of St.
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