Saint Scholastica
Saint Scholastica was the sister of Saint Benedict. I picked her, because she has some interesting stories and imagery associated with her. She became a nun at a young age. One day Benedict was over studying with her and decided to leave early. She begged him to stay because she was enjoying their discussions so much, but he refused, insisting that he needed to return to his cell. At that point, Scholastica closed her hands in prayer, and after a moment, a wild storm started outside. Benedict asked, "What have you done?", to which she replied, "I asked you and you would not listen; so I asked my God and he did listen. So now go off, if you can, leave me and return to your monastery." Benedict was unable to return to his monastery, and they spent the night in discussion. According to Gregory's Dialogues, three days later, from his cell, he saw his sister's soul leaving the earth and ascending to heaven in the form of a shining white dove.
Her memorial is 10 February. Scholastica is the patron saint of nuns, convulsive children, and is invoked against storms and rain.
I'm either going to do St. Jude or St. Cecilia next. When I was in Rome I actually got to go down into the catacombs where St. Cecilia's body was interred It's since been moved (to the basilica of St. Cecilia), but they have a statue in the place that her body used to lie in. Slightly creepy, but kind of cool... She was the first incorrupt person to be canonized, so when she was disinterred in the 1500's (she died in 177AD), this is the position her body was actually found in and it was perfectly preserved. She was martyred, but I guess her beheading didn't quite go as planned which is why her head is shown at such a weird angle. We weren't allowed to take pictures down there, but I did do this sketch while we were on the tour...
This is from google images- this is what the crypt site looks like now
Her memorial is 10 February. Scholastica is the patron saint of nuns, convulsive children, and is invoked against storms and rain.
I'm either going to do St. Jude or St. Cecilia next. When I was in Rome I actually got to go down into the catacombs where St. Cecilia's body was interred It's since been moved (to the basilica of St. Cecilia), but they have a statue in the place that her body used to lie in. Slightly creepy, but kind of cool... She was the first incorrupt person to be canonized, so when she was disinterred in the 1500's (she died in 177AD), this is the position her body was actually found in and it was perfectly preserved. She was martyred, but I guess her beheading didn't quite go as planned which is why her head is shown at such a weird angle. We weren't allowed to take pictures down there, but I did do this sketch while we were on the tour...
This is from google images- this is what the crypt site looks like now
