Driana Enid Wybourne (April 1954 – 24 February 2022),[1] professed as Sister Catherine Wybourne OSB, was a British Benedictine nun and prioress (from 2004) of Howton Grove Priory, Hereford (formerly Holy Trinity Monastery, East Hendred).
She was also a well-known commentator in the British media, with an internet presence as the Digitalnun.
Wybourne was born in Chatham and educated at Boscombe Convent[2] and Girton College, Cambridge,[3] from which she graduated in 1976 with an MA in History; she subsequently carried out research in Spanish mediaeval history.
She subsequently wrote on the digital age and the finance sector; she was also a blogger and IT worker and wrote on faith issues more generally, especially monasticism and the Rule of Saint Benedict.
She contributed a weekly column to The Universe,[3] a newspaper for Roman Catholics in Great Britain and Ireland.