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St. Clare of Assisi icon © Cecilia Lawrence August 11th 2016 4.5 x 6 inches Ink, watercolor, gold leaf “I despised the kingdom of the world a... St. Clare of Assisi icon

The Contemplative Life When Clare heard St. Francis of Assisi preach his Lenten homilies at the Church of San Giorgo, she felt a fire stir w...

Our Patroness: St. Clare of Assisi

Spiritual Warriors on Instagram: “Today is the Feast Day of Spiritual Warrior Saint Clare of Assisi ✝ Pray for us Clare was born in 1193 in Assisi to a noble family. Before…”

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St.Clare of Assisi held the Bl. Sacrament in the monstrance, to defend the convent from the attacking army. “Good Lord, I beg you; defend those I cannot protect” St. Clare .

St. Clare of Assisi was the first woman to practice the life of entire poverty as taught by St. Francis. Placed by him at the head of a few companions in the small convent of San Damiano, she governed her community for forty-two years thus founding at the gates of Assisi the Order of Poor Clares. Their Rule included austerities hitherto unknown in monasteries of women. They went barefoot, slept on the ground, kept perpetual abstinence and made poverty the basis of their lives. St. Clare died…

Feast of St. Clare; Christian Religious Observance; August 11; Italian friend of St. Francis of Assisi and founder of the Franciscan order of the Poor Clares; responsible with Francis for the growth and development of the Franciscans; patron saint of television.

St-Saint Clare of Assisi. Patronage Eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry, television, embroiderers, gilders, good weather, needleworkers, Santa Clara Pueblo, Obando. Feast day: August 11, August 12 (1255–1969)