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Clare of Assisi
Foundress of the Franciscan Second Order and saint
This article is about an Italian saint. For other saints with similar names, see Saint Clare (disambiguation). For other people named Clare, see Clare (disambiguation).
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Detail depicting Saint Clare from a fresco (c. 1320) by Simone Martini in the Lower basilica of San Francesco, Assisi | |
| 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 | 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 |
| Attributes | Monstrance, pyx, lamp, crozier, habit of the Poor Clares |
| Patronage | Eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry, television, bicycle messengers, good weather, needleworkers, remote viewing, extrasensory perception,
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