Saint of the Day Online - St. Scholastica

Saint of the Day - Feb 10, 2017

St. Scholastica, the sister of St. Benedict, consecrated her life to God from her earliest youth. After her brother went to Monte Cassino, where he established his famous monastery, she took up her abode in the neighborhood at Plombariola, where she founded and governed a monastery of nuns, about five miles from that of St. Benedict, who, it appears, also directed his sister and her nuns.

She visited her brother once a year, and as she was not allowed to enter his monastery, he went in company with some of his brethren to meet her at a house some distance away. She died about the year 543, and St. Benedict followed her soon after. Her feast day is February 10th.