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	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 (489 words)

	Domestic-Church.Com: Saint Profile: Saint Clare of Assisi
		Saint Clare had a hero, someone she looked up to and tried to imitate, but her hero wasn't a doctor or a famouse painter, or even a great singer, no, her heroes were Saint Francis and Jesus Christ.
		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)

	The Life of St. Clare - Duncan, B.C. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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)

	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)

	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.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04004a.htm (2460 words)

	Life of Saint Clare of Assisi
		At Assisi, in the neighbourhood of the Duomo of Saint Rufinus, there was the house of Sir Favarone di Offreduzzo, who was related to the noble family Sciffi.
		Saint Clare spent the following 41 years almost constantly afflicted by illness, up to when she died on August 11th, 1253, in the church of Saint Damian: the church in which, basically, she had always lived.
		In 1255 Clare was proclaimed saint and in 1260 her body was moved from the church of Saint Damian to a new church called with her name and she was laid in a crypt under the high altar, where she has always rested, up to now.
	www.assisiweb.com /vita_chiara_en.html (270 words)

	Saint Agnes of Assisi, sister of saint
		Saint Agnes of Assisi, sister of saint Clare "by flesh and by purity " (LegCl 24), was the second daughter of Ortolana and Favarone Offreduccio of Assisi.
		Clare "among the first prayers she offered to God, with all her heart, ardently begged this grace that, just as she had an affinity of spirit with her sister in the world, she might also have now a unity of will in the service of God.
		Clare with her prayer worked the miracle that found the container full even before the brother called to go and beg to have it filled had come to take it away (ProcCan 1, 1 5).
	web.inter.nl.net /users/clarissenklooster/script/agns-assi.html (1670 words)

	The Life of Saint Clare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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)

	Virtual Novena to Saint Clare of Assisi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Because Saint Clare was born over 800 years ago, it sometimes seems hard to relate to her in the 21st century.
		I am sure there are hundreds of cures that Clare obtained that have never been recorded in her life time and thousands afterwards - but the ones that are recorded, 14 healings among her sisters, and many others from the area surrounding are all touched with a simple virtue of kindness.
		Saint Clare was and is truly a great woman, not because she climbed lofty mountains or sailed stormy seas, but because all she met, whether in her heart or in her prayers - she met with kindness.
	franciscancards.com /mon/clare/clare3b.shtml (459 words)

	Clare of Assisi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		She was the eldest daughter of Favorino Scifi, Count of Sasso-Rosso, the wealthy representative of an ancient Roman family, who owned a large palace in Assisi and a castle on the slope of Mount Subasio.
		The tomb of Saint Clare of Assisi was found in 1850.
		On 23 September in that year the coffin was unearthed and opened, the flesh and clothing of the saint had been reduced to dust, but the skeleton was in a perfect state of preservation.
	www.marypages.com /ClareAssisi.htm (485 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Clare of Assisi, Saint
		A daughter of Blessed Ortolana, and endowed from early childhood with the rarest virtues, she was won over by Saint Francis to the service of Christ, pronouncing her vows, 1212, despite the opposition of her father.
		After some time Saint Francis brought her with her sister, Saint Agnes, and other companions to Assisi, where they took up residence in a small house adjoining the chapel of San Damiano, which became the first establishment of the order.
		Saint Francis appointed Clare superioress of this convent, 1215, and she ruled until her death.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/ncd02063.htm (220 words)

	August 11 Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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)

	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.
		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.
		As rituals of initiation the Saint was covered with the Franciscan frock and her hair was cut as a sign of penitence.
	www.bellaumbria.net /Assisi/st_clare_eng.htm (464 words)

	Lives of the Saints, August 12, Saint Clare of Assisi
		Saint Clare is celebrated for a miracle which occurred when the Saracen army of Frederick II was ravaging the valley of Spoleto.
		The Saint, who was ill in the infirmary, rose and went, supported by her religious, to the door of the convent; there she had the Blessed Sacrament placed in a monstrance above the gate of the monastery facing the enemy.
		Saint Clare died in 1253, as the Passion was being read, and Our Lady and the Angels conducted her to glory.
	magnificat.ca /cal/engl/08-12.htm (487 words)

	Saint Clare of Assisi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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, poverty and silence.
	www.theworkofgod.org /Saints/Lives/Clare.htm (311 words)

	St. Clara
		Clare herself considered this silence desirable as a means of avoiding the innumerable sins of the tongue, and for keeping the mind steadily fixed on God.
		Clare told her nuns that they, who had received their bodily necessities from the city, now owed it all the assistance in their power.
		The emblem of St. Clare is a monstrance, and in art she is frequently represented with a ciborium.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/CLARA.htm (1961 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.satucket.com /lectionary/Clare.htm (336 words)

	St. Clare of Assisi Parish
		Saint Dominic's would be directly involved in the establishing of our parish of Saint Clare.
		When he was transferred to Saint Gregory's Parish, Harrison in 1980, he was succeeded by Father George Giammarino who had served at Saint Clare's as an associate earlier in the 1940s.
		For example, in the late 1970s, the great mural of Saint Clare which dated back to 1939 had to be removed due to a structural weakness which permitted water to seep through and cause damage.
	www.rc.net /newyork/stclare/part1history.html (1236 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 (928 words)

	St. Clare - 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 (696 words)

	St. Clare of Assisi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Clare was a wealthy young woman with a reputation for holiness who was greatly moved by the words and deeds of the self-made beggar Francis Bernadone.
		She abandoned all she had to follow God's calling, and became the founder of a religious community of women known as the Poor Clares, whose rule of life is based on the ideals of St.
		Clare always possessed a maternal concern for the nuns in her care, even as she insisted that no one force them to abandon their vow of total poverty.
	www.smart.net /~tak/Patrons/clare.html (185 words)

	St. Clare of Assisi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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)

	Saint Clare of Assisi - Christopher Stace : Review - thegoodbookstall.org.uk
		St Francis and St Clare are linked in the imagination, because it was to Francis and his order that Clare turned when she became convinced that she had to enter the religious life, which she did in about 1212.
		They were closely associated till Francis’ death in 1226 and she continued working hard for her Rule to be allowed by the Pope for the next twenty-seven years, only receiving confirmation of that Rule on her deathbed in 1253.
		Also The Form of Life of St Clare written for her community the Poor Ladies (later the Poor Clares) These and letters to her sister have helped modern scholars realise that she was a figure of historical importance in her own right.
	www.thegoodbookstall.org.uk /onebook.php?0281052948 (175 words)

	CNN.com - Bishops seek saint for Internet - Feb. 1, 2003
		Saint Isadore of Seville, left, Saint Clare of Assisi and Archangel Gabriel are in the running to be the patron saint of the Internet.
		But finding a viable candidate shouldn't be difficult among the thousands of saints — at least 465 more, thanks to Pope John Paul II, who has canonized more people during his quarter century in power than were named in the 400 years before him.
		The center's interactive saint exhibit, which lists more than 1,500 names and biographies, is one of the top tourist draws, Fletcher said.
	www.cnn.com /2003/TECH/internet/01/31/internet.saint (734 words)

	Crossmap Christian Directory :: Saint Clare of Assisi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Clare of Assisi, cofounded the "Poor Clares" with St. Francis.
		Three accounts of the life of St. Clare: for children ages 0-8, children 8-14, and age 14-adult.
		Illustrated biographies of Francis and Clare of Assisi.
	dir.crossmap.com /People/Saints/C/Saint_Clare_of_Assisi (79 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 (82 words)

	Saint Clare of Assisi Medal
		Saint Clare, mystic and founderess of the Franciscan Poor Clares.
		Patron saint of television, Assisi, the blind, glaziers, glass painters, laundry women and embroiderers.
		Sterling Silver St. Clare of Assisi on Stainless chain.
	www.inhisname.com /JewelryPages/saint_clare.htm (54 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Agnes of Assisi
		Younger sister of Saint Clare of Assisi, and her first follower, leaving home two weeks after Clare to join the Benedictins at San Angelo di Panzo at age fifteen.
		In 1221 a group of Benedictine nuns in Monticelli asked to become Poor Clares, and Saint Francis assigned Agnes as their abbess.
		Agnes wrote about how much she missed Clare and the other nuns at San Damiano, and after establishing other Poor Clare monasteries in northern Italy, Agnes was recalled in 1253 when Clare was dying.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainta74.htm (204 words)

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