St Benedict (21st March)
An entry in the Roman Martyrology under 21st March reads: “At Monte Cassino, the birthday of the holy abbot St Benedict, who restored and wonderfully extended the monastic discipline in the West, where it had almost been destroyed. His life, brilliant in virtues and miracles, was written by Pope St. Gregory.”.
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St Scholastica (10th February)
An entry in the Roman Martyrology under 10th February reads: “On Monte Cassino, St Scholastica, virgin, whose soul was seen by her brother, St. Benedict, abbot, leaving her body in the form of a dove, and ascending into heaven”.
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