Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Reflection -- 11 Aug 2015, St Clare of Assisi

Today, 11 Aug 2015, is the memorial of St Clare.  She was a contemporary of St Francis.

When I went to Italy a couple of years ago, I went on a tour of Orvieto and Assisi.  One of our stops in Assisi was the Church of St Clare, seen below with its' flying buttresses.



Church of St Clare, Assisi Italy

St Clare's body is entombed in this Church.  St Francis was entombed here as well, before the Basilica of St Francis was completed on the other side of Assisi, and his remains were moved to that church.

There is a community of Franciscan women near where I live who are Poor Clares.






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