St. Clare

Some people say St. Clare and St. Francis were really in love and sacrificed what they felt for each other.

The Exorsistah: X Returns Claudia Mair Burney 2010

The emblem of St. Clare is a monstrance, and in art she is frequently represented with a ciborium.

Archive 2008-08-10 de Brantigny........................ 2008

As Isabel wished to found a convent of the Order of St. Clare, her brother King Louis IX began in 1255to acquire the necessary land in the Forest of Rouvray, not far from the Seine and in the neighbourhood of Paris.

Archive 2008-11-16 de Brantigny........................ 2008

When St. Clare in 1212, following the advice of St. Francis withdrew to San Damiano, she was soon surrounded by a number of ladies attracted by the holiness of her life.

Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration de Brantigny........................ 2008

This new rule was also adopted by other French and Italian convents of the Order of St. Clare, but one can by no means say that a distinct congregation was formed on the basis Isabella's rule.

Archive 2008-11-16 de Brantigny........................ 2008

On behalf of the sisters, St. Clare petitioned Innocent III for the "privilege" of absolute poverty, not merely for the individual members but for the community as a whole.

Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration de Brantigny........................ 2008

The recipe, according to tradition, originated with St. Clare.

A Taste of Umbria with St. Francis of Assisi Jennifer Gregory Miller 2008

Here St. Clare became the counsellor of St. Francis and after his death remained the supreme exponent of the Franciscan ideal of poverty.

Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration de Brantigny........................ 2008

The recipe, according to tradition, originated with St. Clare.

Archive 2008-10-01 Jessica 2008

At the outset St. Clare received from St. Francis a "formula vitæ" for the growing community.

Archive 2008-02-03 de Brantigny........................ 2008