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
16 July 1194
Assisi, Duchy of Spoleto,
Holy Roman Empire
Died
11 August 1253 (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, fertility, Santa Clara, California, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, Obando, Bulacan
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