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Early Life
Franciscan Beginnings
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Facts
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What os the Italian name of St. Clare?
Chiara
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On what Feast Day did St. Clare leave her family to join the Franciscans?
Palm Sunday
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Where did St. Francis take St. Clare to live and what was to become the home of her Order?
Dan Damiano?
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What modern day device claims St. Clare as patron Saint?
Television
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By what other name was St. Clare known?
Lady Poverty
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What does Chiara mean?
Light
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What was the name of the Bishop who helped St Clare escape her family and join the Franciscans.
Bishop Guido
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What type of life (Order) did the Poor Clares live?
Cloistered / Contemplative
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What did St. Clare hold out the window to stop an invasion of Assisi?
Ciborium
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St. Clare wrote four letters to encourage another women leading a monestary of Poor Clares. To whom were those four letters written?
Agnes of Prague
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What were the names of her father and mother?
Favarone and Ortalana
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When Francis and Clare met to talk of their love for Jesus in the forest outside of San Damiano, what vision appeared to the town's people?
The area appeared as if on fire.
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What priviledge did St. Clare fight for as part of her Rule of Life?
Poverty
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Why is she considered the patron Saint of television?
She was ill on Christmas Eve and unable to attend Mass but was able to see it from her dormitory room.
300
Where did St. Francis write his Canticle of the Sun?
San Damiano
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In what church was St. Clare baptized?
San Rufino
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To which monestary was St Clare taken after meeting St. Francis on Palm Sunday?
The Benedictines
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Where did Princess Agness of Bohemia begin a monestary of Poor Clares.
Prague
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It is told that many were sent to St Clare who were ill. because of this, she is also known as the patron saint of......
Healers
400
What original artifact from the life of St. Francis is kept at the Bacilica of St. Clare?
The San Damiano Cross
500
What are the names of St. Clare's two sisters?
Agnes and Beatrice
500
Where did St. Clare meet St. Francis that first night after leaving her family?
The Poitciuncola
500
Which Pope finally approved the Rule of Life for the Poor Clares?
Pope Innocent IV
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One miracle attributed to St Clare was the filling of an empty jar with something needed by the sisters at that time. What was it?
Olives.
500
Who followed St. Clare as Abess?
Sister Bernadetta