Scholastica
Italian nun
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Saint Scholastica was an Italian nun and the twin sister of Saint Benedict. She is considered the founder of the female branch of the Benedictine order. Scholastica established a convent near her brother's monastery at Monte Cassino and followed a monastic rule similar to Benedict's. She died shortly before her brother, and both are buried together at Monte Cassino. Her life and work contributed to the development of Western monasticism.12
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