Saint Scholastica, Saint Benedict's twin sister. She founded a community of sisters near Monte Cassino under the direction of St. Benedict.
She is a patron of nuns, convulsive children, and a patron againts storms and rain.
She is often represented as a nun holding a book and a crosier or any combination using a crosier, book and dove.
O quam praeclara sunt merita beatae Scholasticae! O quanta virtus lacrimarum, per quas inclyta Virgo aeris serenitatem ad pluviae traxit inundationem.
Sancta Scholastica, ora pro nobis.
I need to ask her to pray for my little autistic nephew!
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