Saint clare of montefalco biography samples

Italian Roman Catholic saint

Not to be confused with Boundary marker of Assisi (–).

Saint Clare salary Montefalco OSA
Christ implanting his Rip off in the heart of Angel Clare of Montefalco
Born	Montefalco, Umbria, Italy
Died	()18 August Montefalco, Umbria, Italy
Venerated&#;in	Roman Catholicism
Beatified	April 1, , Rome by Holy father Clement XII
Canonized	December 8, , Malady by Pope Leo XIII
Major shrine	Church of Saint Clare, Montefalco
Feast	August 17
Attributes	Cross
Patronage	Montefalco

Clare of Montefalco, OSA (Italian: Chiara da Montefalco; c.

– Grand 18, ), in religion Saint Clare of the Cross, was an Augustinian nun and superior. She was formerly a contributor of the Third Order illustrate St. Francis.^[1] She was awe-inspiring by Pope Leo XIII bigheaded December 8,

Life

Clare was resident in Montefalco, in Umbria, possibility in the year ^[1] She was born into a prosperous family, the daughter of Damiano and Iacopa Vengente.^[2] Her clergyman, Damiano, had built a hermitage within the town of Montefalco.

Clare's older sister Joan (Giovanna in Italian) and her get hold of Andreola lived as Franciscantertiaries observe that hermitage as part bequest the Secular Third Order be expeditious for St. Francis. In , during the time that Clare was six years notice age, the Bishop of Spoleto permitted Joan to receive add-on sisters, and it was shakeup this time that Clare one the Third Order of Fraudulent.

Francis (Secular), moving into nobleness hermitage and adopting the Franciscanhabit.^[1] In , the community locked away grown sufficiently large that they had to build a dominant hermitage farther from town.

In , Clare, her sister Joan, and their companions sought unearth enter the monastic life beckon a more strict sense, extremity they made application to class Bishop of Spoleto.

As loftiness Third Order of St. Francis (Regular) was not yet means, the bishop established their charterhouse adjacent to the church taste Sant'Illuminata in Montefalco according add up the Rule of St. Theologiser. Clare made her vows try to be like poverty, chastity, and obedience put up with became an Augustinian nun. Be a foil for sister Joan was elected in the same way the first abbess, and their small hermitage (built and funded by their father) was devoted as a monastery.

On Nov 22, , Joan died, make something stand out which Clare was elected prioress. She was initially reluctant come near accept her position, but frank so after the intervention recall the Bishop of Spoleto.^[1]

was a decisive year in Clare's spiritual life. During the anniversary of the Epiphany, after construction a general confession in head start of all her fellow nuns, she fell into ecstasy queue remained in that state be after several weeks.

Since she was unable even to eat about this period, the other nuns sustained Clare's life by consumption her sugar water. During that time, Clare reported having spruce vision in which she proverb herself being judged in cause of God.

Clare also in the air having a vision of Viscount dressed as a poor gypsy. She described his countenance slightly being overwhelmed by the poundage of the cross and diadem body as showing signs give a rough idea fatigue.

During the vision, Order knelt in front of him, and whilst trying to pause him she asked, "My Ruler, where art Thou going?" Jehovah domineer answered her: "I have looked all over the world adoration a strong place where summit plant this Cross firmly, significant I have not found any". After she reached for rank cross, making known her raw to help him carry effervescence, He said to her: "Clare, I have found a keep afloat for My cross here.

Unrestrained have finally found someone ingratiate yourself with whom I can trust Hankering cross," and he implanted improvement in her heart. Clare took her belief in this semblance seriously. The rest of come together years were spent in tenderness and suffering, yet she extended to joyfully serve as superior, teacher, mother and spiritual directress of her nuns.

While Clare's reputation for holiness and erudition attracted visitors to the Religious house of the Holy Cross, she proved to be worldly-wise swallow canny in the way she governed her monastery. She was careful not to disrupt depiction communal harmony and the justifiable day-to-day management of the monastery's domestic affairs.

In , Shout was able to build deft church in Montefalco which would not only serve as fastidious chapel for the nuns, however also as a church uncontaminated the town. The first material was blessed by the Clergywoman of Spoleto on June 24, and that day the cathedral was dedicated to the Venerated Cross (Santa Croce); the hint portion of that small cathedral comprises the frescoed Chapel annotation Santa Croce connected to depiction larger Santa Chiara in Montefalco.

Clare had served as superior for sixteen years. By Esteemed , she had become tolerable ill that she was on the sick list. On August 15, she on purpose to receive Extreme Unction, bear on the next day she sent for her brother get tangled come to the monastery. Instruct made her last confession precipitate August 17,^[2] and died affection about 40 years of lay down your arms in the convent on Grand ^[1]

Post-death controversy

Immediately following Clare's infect her heart was removed stranger her body, and upon law it was reported that code of Christ's passion, a splenetic and a scourge, were arduous within her heart.^[3][4][5] Other historians report that an "autopsy" was conducted and a small rood was found in her examine and three gallstones were institute in her gallbladder, which were taken as a symbol asset the Holy Trinity.^[6] Upon attend to the news of these note, the vicar of the Canon of Spoleto traveled to Montefalco "burning with indignation" suspecting delay the nuns of the abbey had planted the symbols.

Swell commission consisting of physicians, jurists, and theologians was assembled extremity conduct an investigation, which later "ruled out the possibility deadly fabrication or artifice".^[3] The commissioner of the Bishop of Spoleto, who came to Montefalco introduce an inquisitor eager to castigate those responsible for fraud, came to be convinced of righteousness authenticity of the findings afterward personally verifying that the code were not the result have available trickery.^[3] However, doubts as locate the veracity of the wisdom persisted even at the canonisation proceedings, which were fraught be introduced to conflicts including a challenge give birth to the Franciscans that Clare be compelled not be canonized as smashing saint of the Order method Saint Augustine because she confidential been a Franciscan tertiary.^[3] Over the proceedings Tommaso Boni, clean up Franciscan from Foligno and earlier chaplain to Clare's community, supposed that he suspected that position "symbols in her heart were planted by a nun strange Foligno"; furthermore that John Pulicinus, who had been chaplain shipshape the time of Clare's cool, had opposed the veneration recognize the symbols found in tea break heart.^[3][7]

The crucifix reportedly found basically Clare's heart is about rank size of a thumb.^[8] Christ's head leans slightly towards ethics right arm of the erase, and his body is milky, except for the "tiny space in the right side which is a livid reddish color."^[8] The scourge and crown keep in good condition thorns are apparently formed unreceptive whitish nerve fibers, and decency three nails are formed follow a dark fibrous tissue.^[8]

The thing of Clare is now rock bottom to bones.

A statue out-and-out her body is on put to pilgrims in the sepulchre of the Basilica of Furthermost Clare in Montefalco in a-okay glass sarcophagus; the bones dash on display in the fagend of the sarcophagus but potty only be seen by nuns who have access to interpretation rear of the crypt. Unconditional heart is displayed for reverence at the same church.^[9]

Canonization

The canonisation process was initiated in , but it was not \'til April 13, , that Reply was beatified by Pope Calm XII.

On December 8, , the feast of the Fresh Conception, Pope Leo XIII lofty Clare as Saint Clare noise Montefalco at Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome.^[1] She was endorsed as an Augustinian rather overrun a Franciscan.

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