Clare of Assisi

Saint Clare of Assisi OSC
Detail depicting Saint Clare from a fresco (c. 1320) by Simone Martini in the Lower basilica of San Francesco, Assisi
Virgin
Born	Chiara Offreduccio (1194-07-16)16 July 1194 Assisi, Duchy of Spoleto, Holy Roman Empire
Died	11 August 1253(1253-08-11) (aged 59) Assisi, Papal States
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Lutheran Church
Canonized	26 September 1255, Rome by Pope Alexander IV
Major shrine	Basilica of Saint Clare, Assisi
Feast	11 August (1970–)
Attributes	Monstrance, pyx, lamp, habit of the Poor Clares
Patronage	Eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry, television, bicycle messengers, good weather, needleworkers, remote viewing, extrasensory perception; Santa Clara, California; Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico; Obando, Bulacan, Philippines

Chiara Offreduccio (16 July 1194 – 11 August 1253), known as Clare of Assisi (sometimes spelled Clara, Clair or Claire; Italian: Chiara d'Assisi), was an Italian saint who was one of the first followers of Francis of Assisi.

Inspired by the teachings of St. Francis, she founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition. The Order of Poor Ladies was different from any other order or convent because it followed a rule of strict poverty.^[1] Clare wrote their Rule of Life, the first set of monastic guidelines 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. Her feast day is on 11 August.