Saint Clare of Montefalco
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- Also known as
- Clare of the Cross
- Memorial
- 17 August
- Profile
- Claimed by both the Franciscans and Augustinians.
Pious from childhood, and devoted to Christ's Passion and the Cross.
Franciscan tertiary.
Joined with her blood sisters and some friends to form a new Franciscan house, Holy Cross Convent at Montefalco, Italy, with Clare's sister Joan as its first abbess.
Reluctant abbess of the community at Santa Croce in 1255 following the death of her sister; the house eventually adapted the Rule of Saint Augustine.
Upon her death, a cross was found emblazoned on the flesh above her heart.
- Born
- c.1268 at Montefalco, diocese of Spoleto, Italy
- Died
- 18 August 1308 at Montefalco, diocese of Spoleto, Italy; body incorrupt
- Beatified
- 13 April 1737 by Pope Clement XII
- Canonized
- 8 December 1881 at Pope Leo XIII
- Patronage
- Montefalco, Italy
- Representation
- scales
- Images
- Gallery of images of Saint Clare
- Additional Information
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Catholic Encyclopedia
New Catholic Dictionary
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