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Quality made clear crystal bead rosary with St. Clare of Assisi
Centerpiece.
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A
favorite Saint and friend of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Clare is a
powerful intercessor!
St. Clare of Assisi was born in Assisi, Umbria, as the eldest daughter of
Favorino Scifi, Count of Sasso-Rosso and his wife Ortolana. Ortolana
was a very devout woman who had undertaken pilgrimages to Rome,
Santiago de Compostela and the Holy Land. Later on in her life,
Ortolana entered Clare's monastery. Many people believe that Clare
heard St. Francis preaching in the streets of Assisi and was moved by
his words.
On March 20, 1212,
Clare's parents had decided she would marry a wealthy young man. In
desperation Clare escaped her home and sought refuge with St. Francis,
who received her into religious life.
Clare lived for a
very brief period in a nearby Benedictine monastery of nuns, San
Paolo delle Abadesse, and then again for a short period at a house
of female penitents, Sant'Angelo in Panza on Monte Subasio. Her
sister Agnes of Assisi also left her parents and followed Clare to Sant'Angelo.
Clare and Agnes
soon moved to the church of San Damiano, which Francis himself had
rebuilt. Other women joined them there, and San Damiano became known
for its radically austere lifestyle. The women were at first known as
the "Poor Ladies".
San Damiano became
the focal point for Clare's new religious order, which was known in her
lifetime as the "Order of San Damiano." San Damiano emerged as
the most important house in the order, and Clare became its undisputed
leader. By 1263, just ten years after Clare's death, the order became
known as the Order of Saint Clare.
Clare is the Patron
Saint of: clairvoyance,
eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry, embroiderers, gilders, good weather,
needleworkers, Santa Clara Pueblo,
telephones, telegraphs, television
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_of_Assisi
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