St. Clare (It. Santa Chiara), officially known as Chiara Offreduccio, was born into a wealthy family on 16th July 1194 in Assisi, and died on the 11th August 1253. She was canonised two years after her death. She adopted the teachings of St. Francis in 1212. She spent most of her life in a convent next to the church of San Damiano, near Assisi, together with her sister, Catarina, who adopted the name of Agnes, and other women. Ten years after Clare's death, her followers became known as the Order of Saint Clare, commonly known as the Poor Clares.
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