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The wax figure of Saint Clare of Assisi at the Basilica of Saint Clare, in Assisi Clare was canonized on 26 September 1255 by Pope Alexander IV , [ 20 ] [ 21 ] and her feast day was immediately inserted in the General Roman Calendar for celebration on 12 August, the day after her death, as 11 August was already assigned to Saints Tiburtius and ...
The basilica vicinity in Assisi, just below the Assisi Cathedral. The Basilica of Saint Clare (Basilica di Santa Chiara in Italian) is a church in Assisi, central Italy. It is dedicated to and contains the remains of Clare of Assisi, a follower of Francis of Assisi and founder of the Order of Poor Ladies, known today as the Order of Saint Clare.
Chiara Offreduccio (16 July 1194 – 11 August 1253), known as Clare of Assisi (sometimes spelled Clara, Clair or Claire; Italian: Chiara d'Assisi), is an Italian saint who was one of the first followers of Francis of Assisi. Inspired by the teachings of St. Francis, she founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious order for women in ...
This convent became the home of Saint Clare of Assisi and her followers in 1212. [2] Work was carried out to provide buildings for this religious community. [2] The Sisters stayed until Clare's death in 1253 when it was thought too dangerous to remain and it was exchanged with the Canons of San Rufino for the chapel of San Giorgio. [2]
(The Theatines had been formed fourteen years earlier.) This new body was soon organised not by the Theatines but by the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, usually known as Capuchins. [3] The Capuchin Poor Clares follow the original ideals of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Clare of Assisi.
The life of Saint Clare (1910). [1] Ascribed to Friar Thomas of Celano. Translated and edited from the earliest mss. by Fr. Paschal Robinson (1870–1948). With an appendix containing the rule of Saint Clare. A biography of Clare of Assisi. Hagiography Circle; Biographical sketch (at the official site of the comune of Celano)
Clare of Assisi. Clare of Assisi was one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. She founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a contemplative monastic religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition, and wrote their Rule of Life – the first monastic rule known to have been written by a woman.
He named the body of water Lac Sainte-Claire, as the expedition sighted it on the feast day of Saint Clare of Assisi. The historian on the voyage, Louis Hennepin, recorded that the Iroquoian tribes referred to the lake as Otseketa. [7] As early as 1710, the English adopted the French name, identifying the lake on their maps as Saint Clare.