Clare of Assisi
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Chiara Offreduccio, known as Clare of Assisi, is an Italian saint who was one of the first followers of Francis of Assisi.
Fresco in San Damiano
Fresco of Saint Clare and sisters of her order, church of San Damiano, Assisi
Saint Clare intervenes to save a child from a wolf; panel by Giovanni di Paolo, 1455.
Saint Clare makes vows into the hands of Saint Francis. Stained glass window in the convent of the Holy family in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Dolores Hart
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Dolores Hart is an American Catholic Benedictine nun and former actress. Following her movie debut with Elvis Presley in Loving You, she made ten films in five years, including Wild Is the Wind, King
Clare of Assisi
…of Assisi is remembered in the Church of England and other churches of the Anglican Communion with a Lesser Festival on 11 August. She was played by Dolores Hart - who later became a nun herself - in the 1961 film Francis of Assisi. Saint Clare of Assisi, patron saint archive…
Hart in 1959
Dolores Hart and Elvis Presley, 1958
Hart in 1965