St. Clare of Assisi (1194-1253)
Feast Day - August 11th
St. Clare of Assisi was born in Assisi in 1194, as Chiara Offreduccio, the eldest daughter of a wealthy and devout Italian family. Even as a young girl, Clare dedicated herself to prayer and at 18-years-old, after hearing St. Francis of Assisi preach during a Lenten service, asked him to help her live according to the Gospel. Clare joined the convent of the Benedictine nuns of San Paulo, near Bastia, under Francis' orders. These nuns became known as the "Poor Ladies of San Damiano." St. Clare and her sisters wore no shoes, ate no meat, lived in a poor house, and kept silent most of the time. Their lives consisted of manual labor and prayer. San Damiano became the center of Clare's new order, which was then known as the "Order of Poor Ladies of San Damiano." By 1216, Clare became the abbess. Ten years after Clare's death, the order then became known as the Order of Saint Clare.
At Pope Innocent's request, the canonization process for Clare began immediately upon her death at 59-years-old, and two years later in 1255, Pope Alexander IV canonized Clare as Saint Clare of Assisi.
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