Sisters of Saint Meissa

"Are the nuns still nuns? Or can they, you know, date?"

- Dr. Whale to David Nolan

The Sisters of Saint Meissa, better known as Storybrooke Nuns, are several characters featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. They début in the fourteenth episode of the first season.

Known Nuns

 * Mother Superior
 * Astrid
 * Manning

Trivia

 * The nun convent logo on the "Miner's Day" banner (briefly seen in the background as Leroy makes the lights turn on and Astrid is heard saying, "Oh!") is a Budded Cross, which is characterized by three scalloped shapes at the end of each arm, which symbolize the Holy Trinity. It reads as "Sisters of Saint Meissa Dona Nobis Pacem MMDCXLVIII".
 * Dona nobis pacem is Latin for "Grant us peace", and is a phrase in the Agnus Dei section of the Roman Catholic mass.
 * Roman numerals MMDCXLVIII=2648.
 * Meissa is the name of a star in the constellation Orion. "Meissa" derives from the Arabic "Al-Maisan" which means "The Shining One".
 * This references Astrid and Mother Superior's counterparts in the Enchanted Forest; Nova and the Blue Fairy. The word Nova references an exploding star while the Blue Fairy is known by her other name, Reul Ghorm, that means "blue star" in Scots Gaelic.
 * The Sisters of Saint Meissa seem to be similar to Roman Catholic Religious Sisters, which is evident such as: doing community service, referring by others and themselves as "Sister" and also having a Mother Superior who is in charge of them.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.