Clare of Assisi (1194–1253)
Author of Francis and Clare: The Complete Works
About the Author
Image credit: Saint Clare of Assisi / Detail depicting Saint Clare from a fresco (1312–20) by Simone Martini in the Lower basilica of San Francesco, Assisi.
Works by Clare of Assisi
Associated Works
God Makes the Rivers To Flow: Sacred Literature of the World (1982) — Contributor — 230 copies, 2 reviews
The Divine Office, Volume 1: Daily Prayer for Advent, Christmastide and Weeks 1-9 (1974) — Contributor — 197 copies, 1 review
The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite (Volume II Lenten Season and Easter Season) (1974) — Contributor — 189 copies
The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite (Volume III: The Weeks of the Year 6 - 34) (1974) — Contributor — 70 copies
Witness of the Saints: Patristic Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours (2012) — Contributor — 29 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Offreduccio, Chiara
- Other names
- Clare of Assisi
- Birthdate
- 1194-07-16
- Date of death
- 1253-08-11
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- nun
- Organizations
- Roman Catholic Church
Order of Saint Clare (Founder, as: Order of Poor Ladies) - Short biography
- Saint Clare of Assisi (July 16, 1194 – August 11, 1253), born Chiara Offreduccio, is an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. She 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.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Birthplace
- Assisi, Italy
- Places of residence
- Assisi, Italy
- Place of death
- Assisi, Italy
- Burial location
- Basilica di Santa Chiara, Assisi, Italy
- Associated Place (for map)
- Assisi, Italy
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Reviews
Francis and Clare: The Complete Works (Classics of Western Spirituality (Paperback)) by Francis of Assisi
Fascinating look at 13th century religion. Also interesting to see, in light of Constantine's Sword, what aspects of Jesus both St. Francis and St. Clare thought important.
Agnes of Prague, a Bohemian princess, rejected an offer of marriage from the German emperor Frederick II and then built a monastery and hospital from her royal dowry. She wrote to Clare for instructions on how to establish this monastery in the Franciscan spirit. In her letters responding to Agnes, Clare reveals what is essential to the Franciscan life, how to become a person of prayer and of joy, and the spiritual benefits of living a simple and poor lifestyle.
Francis and Clare: The Complete Works (The Classics of Western Spirituality) (Classics of Western Spirituality (Paperback)) (English and Latin Edition) by Francis of Assisi
Francis (c. 1182-1226) and Clare (c. 1193-1254) together shaped the spirituality of early 13th-century Europe. Here for the first time in English are their complete writings, brought together in one volume
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