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Also known as Saint Scholastica

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.

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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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Beuron Mauruskapelle Fassadengemälde Scholastica.jpg
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Saint Scholastica
date of birth
0480-00-00
date of death
0543-02-10
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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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