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What does Saint Clare represent?

What does Saint Clare represent?

Clare of Assisi

Saint Clare of Assisi O.S.C.
Patronage Eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry, television, bicycle messengers, good weather, needleworkers, Remote viewing, Extrasensory perception, Santa Clara, California, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, Obando, Bulacan, Philippines

Why is St Clare the patron saint of sore eyes?

Clare of Assisi was named the Patron Saint of sore eyes or television by Pope Pius XII because she reported seeing and hearing mass from her room when she was too sick to attend. Saint Clare died on August 11, 1253.

What did St Clare do to become a saint?

Inspired by the words of Francis of Assisi, Clare fled her home and joined Francis, establishing her own religious order. After Francis’ death, Clare continued his work and broadened her own influence. Clare died in 1253 and was canonized two years later by Pope Alexander IV.

What miracles did Saint Clare of Assisi perform?

She was credited with other miracles in life and after death. In 1958 Pope Pius XII declared her patron of television, citing an incident during her last illness when she miraculously heard and saw the Christmas midnight mass in the basilica of San Francesco on the far side of Assisi.

What did St Clare see in her vision?

During this time, Clare reported having a vision in which she saw herself being judged in front of God. Clare also reported having a vision of Jesus dressed as a poor traveller. She described his countenance as being overwhelmed by the weight of the cross and his body as showing signs of fatigue.

What do Poor Clare nuns eat?

The Poor Clares order began in the Middle Ages as a movement against the increasing worldliness and laxity of the church. Every crumb of the sisters’ food, the two small pieces of bread and cup of coffee they have for breakfast, for example, must be consumed.

Is St Clare an incorruptible?

St. Seven years after her death, the incorrupt body of the newly canonized saint was interred in the Church of Santa Chiara in Assisi. Today Saint Clare’s remains lie in a state of repose, covered in a wax figure dressed in the habit of her Order.

St. Clare of Assisi is the patron saint of televisions and computer screens, believe it or not. An early follower of St. Francis, Clare founded The Order of Poor Ladies, which eventually became known as the Poor Clares.

What is special about St Clare?

Saint Clare of Assisi was born into a wealthy Italian family but soon shunned her luxurious upbringing to embrace the life of piety and poverty. The group became known for their austere and devout lifestyle and for the power of their prayer, which is credited with saving Assisi from invaders twice.

Why does St Clare have a monstrance?

Her bones are now in the crypt at the Basilica, having been rediscovered in 1850. In art, Clare is often shown carrying a monstrance or pyx, in commemoration of the occasion when she warded away the invading soldiers of Frederick II at the gates of her convent by displaying the Blessed Sacrament and kneeling in prayer.

What were St Clare’s miracles?

When was monstrance first used?

14th century
Both names are derived from Latin words (monstrare and ostendere) that mean “to show.” First used in France and Germany in the 14th century, when popular devotion to the Blessed Sacrament developed, monstrances were modeled after pyxes or reliquaries, sacred vessels for transporting the host or relics.

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