Scholastica
Sign in to saveScholastica (; – 10 February 543) was an Italian Christian consecrated virgin and the sister of Benedict of Nursia. She is traditionally regarded as the foundress of the Benedictine nuns. Scholastica is honored as a saint of the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and Anglican Communion. She was born in Italy, and a ninth-century tradition makes her the twin sister of Benedict. Her feast day is 10 February.
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- 0480-00-00
- Died
- 0543-02-10
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- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Scholastica
- Saint.death_date
- 10 February
- Saint.feast_day
- 10 February
- Saint.image
- File:Kleinmariazell - Altar Scholastica 2.jpg
- Saint.caption
- Johann Baptist Wenzel Bergl, Death of Saint Scholastica, 1765
- Saint.birth_place
- Nursia, Kingdom of Italy
- Saint.death_place
- near Monte Cassino, Ostrogothic Kingdom
- Saint.titles
- Virgin
- Saint.canonized_date
- Pre-Congregation
- Saint.attributes
- in Benedictine religious habit, with crozier and crucifix; with dove flying from her mouth
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Key dates
- Born
- 480
- Died
- 10 February 543
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Norcia
- Place of death
- Villa Santa Lucia
- Sibling
- Benedict of Nursia
- Occupation
- nun
- Position held
- abbess
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Beuron Mauruskapelle Fassadengemälde Scholastica.jpg
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Scholastica (; – 10 February 543) was an Italian Christian consecrated virgin and the sister of Benedict of Nursia. She is traditionally regarded as the foundress of the Benedictine nuns. Scholastica is honored as a saint of the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and Anglican Communion. She was born in Italy, and a ninth-century tradition makes her the twin sister of Benedict. Her feast day is 10 February.
== Life == According to the 6th-century Dialogues of Gregory the Great, Scholastica was born c. 480 in Nursia, Umbria, of wealthy parents (Anicius Eupropius and his wife Claudia Abondantia Reguardati). While Gregory only states that Scholastica was Benedict's sister, a later tradition says she was his twin (whether this is meant biologically, spiritually, or both is unclear). Gregory also says she was dedicated to God from a young age. She and her brother Benedict were raised together until he left to pursue studies in Rome.
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