Poor Clares
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The Poor Clares, officially the Order of Saint Clare, originally referred to as the Order of Poor Ladies, and also known as the Clarisses or Clarissines, the Minoresses, the Franciscan Clarist Order,
Fresco of Saint Clare and nuns of her order, Chapel of San Damiano, Assisi
San Damiano in Assisi
Gothic altar in Cologne Cathedral dedicated to Poor Clare saints
The (former) Poor Clare Monastery in Jamaica Plain, Boston
Franciscans
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The Franciscans are a group of related organizations in the Catholic Church, founded by the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. They include three independent religious orders for men, an order for nuns
Poor Clares
…Clarist Order, and the Second Order of Saint Francis, are members of an enclosed order of nuns in the Catholic Church. The Poor Clares were the second Franciscan branch of the order to be established. The first order of the Franciscans, which was known as the Order of Friars Minor, was founded by Francis of…
Francis of Assisi, founder of the Order of Friars Minor. The oldest known portrait in existence of Francis, dating back to his retreat to Subiaco, 1223–1224.
Saint Francis Comforted by a Musician Angel, by Francisco Ribalta
Regula bullata, the rule confirmed by Pope Honorius III
A dream of Innocent III and the Confirmation of the Rule of Saint Francis, Benozzo Gozzoli