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Apr 2, 2014 · Saint Clare of Assisi was born into a wealthy Italian family but soon shunned her luxurious upbringing to embrace the life of piety and poverty. Inspired by the words of Francis of Assisi, Clare...
On the evening of Palm Sunday, 20 March 1212, with the consent of Guido II, bishop of Assisi, Clare left her father's house accompanied by her aunt Bianca and another companion, and proceeded to the chapel of the Porziuncula to meet Francis.
How did Clare of Assisi live out her faith? Clare of Assisi lived out her faith by embracing a life of poverty, prayer, and contemplation. She dedicated herself to serving others and caring for the poor.
Deeply influenced by St. Francis of Assisi, Clare refused to marry, as her parents wished, and fled to the Porziuncola Chapel below Assisi. On March 18, 1212, Francis received her vows, and thus began the Second Order of St. Francis.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 12, 2016 · On March 20, 1212, just eighteen years old, Clare clothed herself in all the splendor of her rank, and quietly ran away from home, aided by her Aunt Bianca and another woman from her househould. She left as a bride, going to wed her Heavenly Bridegroom, Jesus Christ.
Founder of the Franciscan nuns, a community that formed a refuge for women desiring to pursue the religious life by renouncing the world. Name variations: St. Clare; St. Clara; Santa Clara d'Assisi; Claire d'Assise; Clare dei Sciffi; Chiara di Favorone.
It was not safe, the Assisians urged, to leave Clare's body in a lonely spot without the walls; it was only right, too, that Clare, "the chief rival of the Blessed Francis in the observance of Gospel perfection", should also have a church in Assisi built in her honour.
