Given this, we have an obvious patron saint ... met by Francis of Assisi and a few of his followers. Francis cut off her hair, received her into his brotherhood, and then escorted her to a nearby ...

St Clare of Assisi depicted in contemporary stained glass in St Stephen’s, Bristol ...

Clare of Assisi (1193-1253) may be unique among the saints of the ... just as if they were endowed with reason.” Thomas of Celano, Life of St. Francis 1:29 Statue of St. Clare on facade of Mission ...

Beginning with the lives of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Clare of Assisi, this course explores the foundational elements of Franciscan spirituality including the centrality of Christ. This course ...

Maybe that is part of their charisma, suggests Volker Leppin in his biography Francis of Assisi: The Life of a Restless Saint ... influence on one follower, Clare of Assisi, led her to create ...