The cloistered benedictine monastery of Arpino is adjacent to the church of St. Andrew.
The first news we have of it is in a notarial deed of 1249, although tradition says that it was founded in the sixth century by Saint Scholastica, sister of St. Benedict.
In the monastery of Monte Cassino, 86 scrolls are kept related to the monastery from which we learned about cloistered life over the centuries in all its aspects.
The functions of the abbess (director) are described, the 'consilium monialium' (council of nuns) which regulated relations with the outside world, the requirements to enter, and the life within.
The monastery is in use and cannot be visited.
Inside there is a cloister around which the devout nuns live.
Inside there is a crucifix of the fourteenth century Tuscany and Umbra School, perhaps donated by a Franciscan community.
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