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St. Clare of Assisi
Patroness of Embroiderers and Television
Life and historical setting
Clare of Assisi (1194–1253) is remembered in the Church as patroness of Embroiderers and Television. The supplied Catholic source associates this life with Assisi.
Documented offices and forms of service associated with Clare of Assisi include abbess, nun, religious writer. The religious family connected with this vocation is Poor Clares.
Clare of Assisi was born about 1193 to a wealthy patrician family in Assisi, Italy. The founding of the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition became part of Clare of Assisi's lasting work.
Clare of Assisi's written work included their Rule of Life, the first set of monastic guidelines known to have been written by a woman.
The enduring witness of Clare of Assisi is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and preaching and evangelization. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.
Vocation and witness
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Gospel encounter and discipleship
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Prayer and contemplation
Prayer, contemplation, or a disciplined interior life is a significant part of the recorded witness.
Preaching and evangelization
The source remembers preaching, missionary work, baptism, catechesis, or another form of evangelization.
Teaching and sacred learning
Teaching, writing, study, or the formation of others belongs to the legacy preserved in the source.
Mercy in action
The source presents Christian charity through concrete service, healing, or compassionate care.
Spiritual legacy
The enduring witness of Clare of Assisi is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, prayer and contemplation, and preaching and evangelization. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.
Prayerful reflection
God of holiness, through the witness of Clare of Assisi, strengthen us in mercy expressed through practical care for people who are poor, sick, forgotten, or vulnerable. Keep our attention fixed on Jesus Christ, and teach us to answer grace faithfully in the duties, relationships, and needs placed before us. Amen.
Historical and liturgical note
Current Vatican News calendar listing; local and religious calendars may add other observances.
Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.