St Clare of Assisi Biography

St Clare of Assisi biography

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NAME: St Clare of Assisi
OCCUPATION: Nun, Saint
BIRTH DATE: July 16, 1194
DEATH DATE: August 11, 1253
PLACE OF BIRTH: Assisi, Italy
PLACE OF DEATH: Assisi, Italy
AKA: St Clara of Assisi
AKA: Santa Chiara Di Assisi

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St Clare of Assisi was one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. She became the abbess of the convent of San Damiano, near Assisi in 1216. In 1958 she was declared the Patron of television.

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St Clare of Assisi was a follower of St Francis of Assisi, with whom she sought refuge after escaping from an arranged marriage. At the Porziuncola Chapel below Assisi she received her vows, marking the beginning of the Second Order of St Francis. After being joined by her mother and sister, nicknamed "The Poor Clares," she became the abbess of the convent of San Damiano, near Assisi in 1216. In 1958 Pope Pius XII declared her Patron of television, in reference to an incident where she miraculously heard and saw the Christmas midnight mass in the basilica of San Francesco on the other side of Assisi, despite being ill.