feast day (memorial): August 11
patron of: sore eyes, eye disease
about:
- born: 16 July 1194, Assisi
- died: 11 August 1253 (aged 59), Assisi
- born Chiara Offreduccio
- sometimes spelled Clair, Claire, etc.
- an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi
- sister of St. Agnes
- founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a 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. Following her death, the order she founded was renamed in her honor as the Order of Saint Clare, commonly referred to today as the Poor Clares.
links/ sources:
- "Clare of Assisi" (Wikipedia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_of_Assisi
- "St. Clare" (Catholic Online):
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=215
- "St. Clare of Assisi" (Catholic Encyclopedia):
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04004a.htm