On one occasion, when they had conversed about spiritual matters until late in the day, St. Scholastica asked St. Benedict to spend the night. Not wishing to break his own monastic rule of always staying in his cell, he said no. But then St. Scholastica prayed that he might stay, and suddenly a great thunderstorm came and St. Benedict was compelled to remain.
They spent the night discussing spiritual matters, in a similar manner as St. Augustine and St. Monica had once done at Ostia. He left the next morning, and three days later she died. St. Benedict was granted a miraculous vision where he saw the soul of his sister ascending into heaven in the form of a white dove. He had her body buried in the tomb he had prepared for himself.
Interestingly, even the modern world pays tribute to St. Benedict and St. Scholastica, on this 50 Euro Austrian commemorative gold coin.
St. Scholastica is the patroness of nuns, education, and convulsive children, and is invoked against storms and rain. Her feast day is kept on February 10th.
St. Scholastica, Pray for Us
