Feast of Saint Scholastica

Special commemorative masses will be celebrated in several churches in many parts of the country today as the Roman Catholic Church remembers the life and works of Saint Scholastica, the venerated twin sister of Saint Benedict, the patriarch of western monks. At the St. Scholastica’s College in Manila, triduum masses were offered in honor and in memory of their patroness.

Born in Nursia, Italy in the year 480, St. Scholastica was deeply religious from youth. After she became a nun, she ruled a community of religious sisters in Plombarola, Italy near Monte Cassino, where St. Benedict started the foundation of the Benedictine Order.

According to accounts, St. Benedict saw her soul ascending to heaven in the form of a dove when she died in the year 547, signifying a life enriched with the gifts of the Holy Spirit.