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Icons of St. Scholastica,
Abbess in Italy
Feast Day: February 10
The sister of St. Benedict the
Great, St. Scholastica founded and was abbess of a convent at
Plombariola near Monte Cassino. She reposed after a spiritual colloquy
with her sainted brother, on Feb. 10, 543.
Top Icon: by the hand of
iconographer Janet Jaime, from St. Benedict's Antiochian Western Rite
Church in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Next Icon: by the hand of
iconographer Janet Jaime, courtesy of the iconographer. There appears
to be an embedded holy Relic in the icon.
Next
Icon: of unknown provenance, but apparently an Italian fresco.
Next Icon: of unknown
provenance, but apparently a 20th-c. icon.
Final Icon: provenance is
unknown; any assistance is appreciated.
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