10 February The tradition makes Scholastica the twin sister of St. Benedict of Nursia. Born in 480, she consecrated herself to God from her early childhood and later entered the monastery.

Just after the foundation of Benedict's monastery in Mont-Cassin, she came to live and founded a monastery at the foot of the mountain to be near her brother. They agreed to meet once a year in a house halfway between their respective monasteries to pray together and exchange on the spiritual life.

One day, at the end of their meeting, Scholastica asked his brother to stay and continue their conversation, but Benedict, respecting the rules of his community, refused. Scholastica continued to pray and a storm of such violence broke out, preventing Benedict from taking to the road. He had to stay and pray all night with his sister. It was their last meeting, for Scholastica died three days later and saw his soul enter heaven in the form of a dove.

Scholastica did not found a congregation but the Benedictine nuns considered her the mother of the congregation because she was the first female nun to follow the rules of St. Benedict. St. Scholastica is invoked in the case of epileptic seizures in children and also in the case of storms and thunder. But she is also invoked in case of drought to obtain rain as she did so that her brother would stay with her.