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	Clare of Assisi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Clare was born in Assisi, Italy in 1193 as the eldest daughter of Favorino Scifi, Count of Sasso-Rosso.
		In 1216, Clare accepted the role of abbess at San Damiano, and defended her order from the attempts of prelates to impose a rule on them that more closely resembled the Rule of St Benedict than Francis's stricter vows.
		Clare also played a significant role in encouraging and aiding Francis, whom she saw as a spiritual father figure: she took care of him during his illnesses at the end of his life, until his death in 1230.
	www.webstercc.com /encyclopedia/en/wikipedia/c/cl/clare_of_assisi.html (255 words)

	Clare of Assisi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Clare of Assisi, born Chiara Offreduccio, (July 16, 1194 – August 11, 1253) was one of the first followers of Francis of Assisi and founded the Order of Poor Ladies to organize the women who chose to take the Franciscan vow of poverty and celibacy.
		Clare was born in Assisi, Italy in 1194 as the eldest daughter of Favorino Scifi, Count of Sasso-Rosso.
		Clare also played a significant role in encouraging and aiding Francis, whom she saw as a spiritual father figure: she took care of him during his illnesses at the end of his life, until his death in 1226.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clare_of_Assisi (396 words)

	Clare of Assisi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Saint Clare of Assisi born Chiara Offreduccio (July 16 1193 – August 11 1253) was one of the first followers Francis of Assisi and founded the Order of Poor Ladies to organize the women who chose take the Franciscan vow of poverty and celibacy.
		Clare also a significant role in encouraging and aiding whom she saw as a spiritual father she took care of him during his at the end of his life until death in 1230.
		After Francis's death Clare continued to promote growth of her order writing letters to in other parts of Europe and thwarting every attempt by each Pope to impose a rule on her of women beyond the order she had devised despite the fact that after 1224 was frequently ill and unable to leave Damiano.
	www.freeglossary.com /Clare_of_Assisi (541 words)

	Saint Clare of Assisi
		Clare of Assisi (1193-1253) is the feminine expression of the ideals of Francis of Assisi.
		Clare was born in 1193-94, in a noble family, whose house overlooked the cathedral square of Assisi.
		Clare's childhood years were marred by some sad events, notably the ransacking of the Rocca Maggiore by the Assisi citizens in 1198 and the war between Assisi and Perugia.
	www.angelfire.com /biz2/franciscansite7/clare.html (1509 words)

	The Life of St. Clare - Duncan, B.C. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Clare was a woman of strength and courage, of wisdom and insight, of patience andwith an innate gift of leadership with its impelling attractiveness to others.Many were drawn to embrace the same convictions that motivated and molded her into a passionate lover of God, and of God's tangible reflection - Jesus, the poor One.
		Clare's life was like an arrow which took flight from the bow of her single-minded, burning desire, and sped forward in an unswerving trajectory to the very being of the Godhead.
		Clare resisted with all the moral strength of her being; she bared her shorn head and clung to the altar in the Church - an action which would have been recognized even by those violent men as proclaiming her decision to claim sanctuary under the protection of the Church.
	poorclare.org /duncan/clare2.html (1538 words)

	VIII CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF ST CLARE OF ASSISI
		Clare and her sisters are called "spouses of the Holy Spirit": an expression not common in the Church's history, in which a sister, a nun, is always described as the "spouse of Christ".
		Clare, who entered the monastery when she was but 18 years of age, died there at the age of 59, after a life of suffering, of constant prayer, strict observance and penance.
		Clare cried and pleaded with the Lord for her beloved city of Assisi when it was under siege by the troops of Vitale of Aversa, obtaining the city's liberation from war; every day she prayed for the sick and often healed them with a sign of the cross.
	www.vatican.va /holy_father/john_paul_ii/letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_11081993_viii-cent-st-clare_en.html (1530 words)

	The Catholic Encyclopedia - St. Clare of Assisi
		Certain it is that after the death of Gregory IX Clare had once more to contend for the principle of absolute poverty prescribed by St. Francis, for Innocent IV would fain have given the Clares a new and mitigated rule, and the firmness with which she held to her way won over the pope.
		Clare, calmly rising from her sick bed, and taking the ciborium from the little chapel adjoining her cell, proceeded to face the invaders at an open window against which they had already placed a ladder.
		Two years later, 26 September, 1255, Clare was solemnly canonized by Alexander IV, and not long afterwards the building of the church of Santa Chiara, in honour of Assisi's second great saint, was begun under the direction of Filippo Campello, one of the foremost architects of the time.
	jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Catholic_Encyclopedia/04004a.htm (2551 words)

	Clare of Assisi
		Clare was born in Assisi, Italy, to a noble family.
		Clare was making her sisters totally dependent on the goodwill of the community and on the ability (and willingness) of the friars to find what the nuns needed to survive.
		Clare of Assisi and the Poor Sisters in the Thirteenth Century (Franciscan Institute publications).
	home.infionline.net /~ddisse/clare.html (2885 words)

	Clare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		County Clare, one of the 32 counties of Ireland
		Clare College, college of the University of Cambridge.
		Clare, South Australia, a town in the Clare Valley.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clare (160 words)

	The Life of Saint Clare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Clare was born in Assisi in the year 1193, and nine years later moved to Perugia as a result of civil war in Assisi.
		On August 9, 1253, Pope Innocent IV approved the Rule of Clare with the bull "Solet Annure." The next day a friar brings the Bull of approval to Clare from Perugia, and on August 11, Clare died at her monastery of San Damiano, and was burried in the Church of San Giorgio in Assisi.
		In 1255 Clare was canonized by Pope Alexander at Anagni, and in 1260 her body was transferred to the Church of Santa Chiara in Assisi.
	www.wtu.edu /franciscan/pages/groups/clares/life.html (691 words)

	St. Clare of Assisi Catholic School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Clare of Assisi Catholic Church is united in faith through a love that is strengthened by a belief in the teaching of Jesus Christ.
		Clare of Assisi Catholic School, as a part of the church, is a demonstration of the community's Christian fellowship.
		Clare of Assisi Catholic School holds full accreditation status with the Texas Catholic Conference Educational Department (T.C.C.E.D.) ad is under the supervision of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston Catholic School Office.
	www.saintclare-houston.org /school/main.htm (1508 words)

	Domestic-Church.Com: Saint Profile: Saint Clare of Assisi
		Assisi, the birthplace of the well-known Saint Francis, was also the birthplace of Saint Clare, his friend and spiritual daughter.
		Such was the spirit of poverty of Saint Clare, that when she received a large inheritance from her father's estate, rather than using it to secure the future of her order by purchasing a house or land, she gave it all away to the poor.
		Clare would rise in the middle of the night to cover those of her sisters who had kicked off their blankets in the night, and would again be the first to rise in the morning, to ring the bell in the choir, and light the candles.
	www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/19980701/SAINTS/ST_CLARE.HTM (2441 words)

	St. Clare of Assisi
		Clare was of a noble Assisian family, and shared with her sister Agnes a devotional spirit.
		But Clare soon learned the need of discretion; and while austerity remained their common practice, she insisted that it be a "sacrifice seasoned with the salt of prudence".
		Clare herself rejected this approach, and drew up a final rule that sustained the ban on all ownership by either the nuns or the convents.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id231.htm (748 words)

	Saint Clare Of Assisi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When she was eighteen years old, she heard a sermon by Francis of Assisi, and was moved by it to follow the example of the Franciscan brothers and vow herself to a life of simplicity and service to God.
		Clare had the same deep passion for creation and animals that Francis had and could often be found among the beautiful flowers and animals of the hills of Assisi.
		The Poor Clares continue to be visible and dramatic witnesses to that Divine Spark that enkindled the hearts of Francis and Clare, and continues to burn in the hearts of those who believe.
	www.anaflora.com /articles/saints-sages/saint-5.html (296 words)

	Clare of Assisi
		Clare Offreduccio, born in 1194, was the daughter of a wealthy family in Assisi.
		When she was eighteen years old, she heard a sermon by Francis of Assisi, and was moved by it to follow the example of the Franciscan brothers and vow herself to a life of poverty.
		Her family was horrified, and brought her back home by force; but one night, in a gesture both tactical and symbolic, she slipped out of her house through "the door of the dead" (a small side door that was traditionally opened only to carry out a corpse) and returned to the house of the Franciscans.
	www.manotick.org /stjames/Archival_pages/clare_of_assisi.htm (336 words)

	Celebrating St. Clare of Assisi - August 2003 Issue of St. Anthony Messenger Magazine Online
		Clare was born in 1193 in Assisi, a small town in the scenic Umbrian Valley of Italy.
		Clare was a woman of prayer, and her entire life was lived in trust of the God whom she knew loved her.
		Clare, in a letter to Ermentrude of Bruges (a Flemish founder trying to live in the spirit of Clare and her followers), tells us: "Love God and Jesus, who was crucified for us, from the depth of your heart, and never let the thought of Him leave your mind.
	www.americancatholic.org /Messenger/Aug2003/Feature1.asp (2746 words)

	GiGiBeads - St. Clare of Assisi Chaplet
		Clare, whose Feast Day is celebrated on August 11th, is one of the most beloved disciples of St. Francis of Assisi.
		Clare has a wonderful series of letters that she wrote to her spiritual daughters, providing instruction on how to pray, and describing her experience of God.
		Clare of Assisi features a beautifully enameled gold plated San Damiano Cross (St. Clare is the Patron Saint goldsmiths), and faceted glass crystal beads with a rainbow finish, representing the rainbow aura that surrounded her when she prayed in deep meditation.
	www.gigibeads.net /prayerbeads/saints/clareassisi.html (1701 words)

	St. Clare of Assisi Church
		Clare of Assisi was built in Italian gothic style between 1257 and 1265, along the road connecting Porta Nuova to St. Francesco.
		In the crypt we have preserved the land remains of St. Clare of Assisi and some relics particularly well preserved: among them there is a frock of San Francesco and a cloth realized by St. Clare.
		Born in 1194 in a noble family, the girl is baptized Clare in the church of Rufino, because the mother, when she was praying a few days before delivering, had eared a voice telling her she would have given to the world a "clear light" to enlighten it.
	www.bellaumbria.net /Assisi/st_clare_eng.htm (482 words)

	Remarkable women: Clare of Assisi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Clare's beauty, wealth and virtue had made her a prize to be pursued, but she rejected all suitors.
		Clare rose calmly from her sick bed, and taking the Eucharist from a little chapel by her cell, faced the invaders at an open window.
		Francis and Clare of Assisi two figures of the Middle Ages who went against all conventions of the times and whose way of life is still a challenge.
	chi.gospelcom.net /women/clare.shtml (1379 words)

	August 11 Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Clare was born around 1193 in Assisi, Italy.
		Clare became the foundress of an order of nuns called the "Poor Clares." When she was eighteen, she heard St. Francis preach.
		Clare was abbess of her convent for forty years.
	www.tntt.org /vni/tlieu/saints/St0811.htm (373 words)

	Saint Clare of Assisi
		Clare was born into the nobility of Assisi on July 16, 1194.
		When at length Clare felt the day of her death approaching, she called her religious community around her, reminded them of the many benefits they had received from God and encouraged them to persevere faithfully in the observance of evangelical poverty.
		On October 3, 1260 Clare’s remains were transferred from the chapel of San Georgio and buried deep down under the high altar of the new church.
	www.franciscan-sfo.org /SaintClare.htm (939 words)

	Catholic Online
		Clare was a beautiful Italian noblewoman who became the Foundress of an order of nuns now called "Poor Clares." When she heard St. Francis of Assisi preach, her heart burned with a great desire to imitate Francis and to live a poor humble life for Jesus.
		Clare and her sisters wore no shoes, ate no meat, lived in a poor house, and kept silent most of the time.
		Clare was sick and suffered great pains for many years, but she said that no pain could trouble her.
	www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=215 (514 words)

	St. Clare of Assisi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Saint Clare of Assisi (1194-11 Aug 1253) is considered co-founder of the Franciscan Family.
		Clare died on August 11, 1253, shortly after receiving a Bull from Pope Innocent IV granting her and her sisters the Privilege of Poverty.
		In 1958 Pope Pius XII proclaimed St. Clare the patron saint of television.
	www.wtu.edu /franciscan/pages/intro/clare.html (130 words)

	Clare Of Assisi - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Clare of Assisi: Her Spirituality Revealed in Her Letters
		To Cling With All Her Heart to Him: The Spirituality of St. Clare of Assisi
		The unlikely pilgrim in this highly recommended story is Gerard Thomas Straub, a former television producer who worked on popular soap operas such as "General Hospital" and "The Doctors." Raised as a Catholic, Straub fell into a bout of atheism after a disillusioning stint working for one of...
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /clare_of_assisi.htm (126 words)

	Paschal Robinson
		Francis, in order to secure Clare the greater solitude she desired, transferred her to Sant' Angelo in Panzo, another monastery of the Benedictine nuns on one of the flanks of Subasio.
		Clare and her companions had no written rule to follow beyond a very short formula vitae given them by St. Francis, and which may be found among his works.
		Clare's guidance the community of San Damiano became the sanctuary of every virtue, a very nursery of saints.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/CECLARE.HTM (2487 words)

	St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church and School Vail Valley Colorado
		Clare of Assisi Catholic Church and School Vail Valley Colorado
		Clare of Assisi School is commited to excellence in Catholic education in a safe and loving environment.
		Clare of Assisi Catholic School • PO Box 667, Hwy 6 • Edwards, CO 81632 • ph: (970) 926-8980 • fax: (970) 926-8973
	www.stclareparish.com (74 words)

	St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church - Copyright Notice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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		Clare of Assisi Catholic Church - Houston, Texas is the sole operator of the St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church - Houston, Texas website.
	www.saintclare-houston.org /copyright.htm (426 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Clare of Assisi
		After hearing Saint Francis of Assisi preach in the streets, she confided to him her desire to live for God, the two became close friends.
		Clare and her cousin Pacifica ran away from her mother's palace during the night.
		Clare's mother and sisters later joined the order, and there are still thousands of members living lives of prayer in silence.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintc03.htm (535 words)

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