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The Basilica of Saint Clare (Basilica di Santa Chiara in Italian) is a church in Assisi, central Italy. It is dedicated to and contains the remains of Clare of Assisi , a follower of Francis of Assisi and founder of the Order of Poor Ladies , known today as the Order of Saint Clare .
In 1959, fast-growing St. Clare's completed the largest building project ever undertaken by a Staten Island parish: A new church accommodated 700 people, and a new wing more-than-doubled the school's capacity. (The original 1936 portion of St. Clare School had been designed by parishioner Higgins, on Lindenwood Road behind his 1921 church ...
St. Clare's Church, St. Clare Church, Saint Clare's Church, Church of St Clare or other variations on the name, may refer to: Cuba. Catedral de Santa Clara de ...
Clare is one of five characters in the oratorio Laudato si', composed in 2016 by Peter Reulein on a libretto by Helmut Schlegel, the others being an angel, Mary, Francis of Assisi, and Pope Francis. [26] Clare of Assisi is remembered in the Church of England and other churches of the Anglican Communion with a Lesser Festival on 11 August. [27] [28]
While there are no saints named St. Claire in English, there are several saints named St. Clare. They are spelled "Ste. Claire" in French. Clare of Assisi (1194 – 1253), founder of the Poor Clares and companion of St. Francis of Assisi; Clare of Montefalco (c. 1268 – 1308), also known as Saint Clare of the Cross
Colette was born in Corbie, a town in the Picardy region of France in January 1381 to an elderly couple. [1] She lost her parents in 1399 and, after a brief stint in a beguinage, in 1402 she received the religious habit of the Third Order of St. Francis and became a hermit, living in a hut near the parish church, under the spiritual direction of the abbot of the local Benedictine abbey.
The Church of St. Clare is a former parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, at 436-438 West 36th Street in Manhattan, New York City. The parish was established in 1903 and staffed by the Franciscan Friars , with a parochial school staffed by a community of Sisters of St. Francis . [ 2 ]
The main church of the parish is the Church of St. Brigid in Corofin, completed in 1823. This is possibly the first Catholic church in County Clare designed by an architect. [4] The second church of the parish is the "Church of St. Joseph" in Kilnaboy. This church was built in 1967. It replaced a barn church built in 1846 (now a garage ...