St Scholastica

Scholastica was the twin sister of St. Benedict of Nursia. She was very close to her twin brother as they grew up. When he left home to study and start his monastery, she also left and started a religious community for women only a short distance from her brother's monastery. Once a year, the two would meet at a farmhouse not far from their communities. They would pray and visit together. The last time they met, Scholastica knew she would not live much longer, so she begged her brother to stay until the next day. He told her that he couldn't because he had never spent a night away from his monastery. She prayed that God would help her with her request for him to stay and suddenly a terrible thunderstorm broke out. St. Benedict was unable to travel back to his community that night and instead stayed with his sister. That was the last time that they saw each other on earth as Scholastica died 3 days later. While in prayer, St Benedict saw his sister's soul go to heaven and he knew she had died and gone to be with Jesus.