Venerable (Monastic)6th century
Venerable Scholastica
Also known as Scholastica of Nursia
Sister of St. Benedict of Nursia and, by his rule, foundress of Benedictine women's monasticism; she met her brother yearly in spiritual conference, and at her death Benedict beheld her soul rise to heaven as a dove.
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Sister of St. Benedict of Nursia and, by his rule, foundress of Benedictine women's monasticism; she met her brother yearly in spiritual conference, and at her death Benedict beheld her soul rise to heaven as a dove.
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Sources: OrthodoxWiki; Wikipedia (Scholastica)