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The Life of St Clare

Thomas of Celano (attributed); Clare of Assisi · translated by Paschal Robinson · 13th century; translation 1910

The early Life of Clare, Francis's first sister, with her Rule.

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From the opening: List of Illustrations

St, Clare cosinor ee ee rae ogni Frontispiece Tiberio d’Assisi. Assisi, S. Maria degli Angeli. Initial —St.2Clate ean. cecpe neva oon emcee eerie Page vii

From a miniature in XIVth century Franciscan Breviary executed for Jeanne d’Evreux, Queen of Charles the Fair of France. Doorway through which St. Clare is said to have escaped from her father’s house by night............ Facing page xxxix From a photograph specially taken for this volume.

Interior of the Chapel of the PorziuncOlainearcAssisiv. veces ce ee “ oe 11 From a photograph by Alinari. Chapel of S. Paolo near Bastia....... ss * 19

From a photograph taken specially for this volume. S. Damiano, showing window at which St. Clare routed the Saracens....... s - 35 From a photograph by Lunghi. Site of S. Angelo in Panzo on Mount

Subasioneccct oor aoiatan coe ty s 43

From a photograph taken specially for this volume.

St. Clare’s Choir at S. Damiano....... “i ss 59 From a photograph by Alinari.

Within the Cloister at S. Chiara...... 4 =i ae From an unpublished photograph.

St. Clare’s Refectory at S. Damiano... “ = 81

From a photograph by Alinari. Seal of the Monastery of S. Chiara,

Assist; 1255-1899 voices. ee eee 92 Bull of Gregory IX, dated 1228, known as the “Privilegium Paupertatis”... “ ‘a 99

From a photograph taken specially for this volume. St. Clare kissing the Stigmata of St.

Brancis atten nis deatiie.. <n ee oe 111 From an early MS. copy of the “Legenda Major” of St. Bonaventure.

Clatestin= Choirs u.ec aes nniee nen 123 From a miniature in a XIVth century Manuscript.

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Foreword

s¢ T IS SAID that devoted women ~ have been the complement of almost all the men who have notably affected religion. However this may be, the story of St. Clare is linked so very closely with that of St. z Francis in popular sentiment ya and imagination that it seems difficult r ‘to think of the one Saint apart from the other. What is certain is that the gentle influence of the Assisian Abbess played no small part in fashioning the life and forwarding the work of the Umbrian Poverello. Not only was St. Clare “the chief rival of the Blessed Francis in the observance of Gospel Perfection,” as an early chronicler styles her;* she was also his chief ally in bringing about that great religious movement which told so wonderfully upon the spiritual life of the West and upon the…

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Contents (54 sections)

  1. Opening
  2. The Life of St. Clare
  3. The Life of St. Clare
  4. Appendix the Rule of St. Clare
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Introduction
  7. Introduction XVil
  8. Date and Authorship
  9. Introduction Xxxl
  10. Introduction Xxxix
  11. Mss., Editions, and Translations
  12. The Life of St. Clare
  13. Here Begins the Life of the Holy Virgin Clare—and First of Her Birth
  14. Of Her Manner of Life in Her Paternal Home
  15. Of the Blessed Francis’s Ac- Quaintance and Friendship with Her
  16. How, Molested by Her Kinsfolk, She Yet Persevered with Firmness
  17. Of the Fame of Her Virtues Diffused Far and Wide
  18. How the Report of Her Good- Ness Spread Even to Distant Lands
  19. Of Her Holy Humility
  20. Of Her True and Holy Poverty
  21. Miracle of the Multiplication of Bread
  22. Another Miracle, of Oil Miracu- Lously Granted
  23. Of the Mortification of Her Flesh
  24. Of Her Practice of Holy Prayer
  25. Another Like Miracle Concern- Ing the Deliverance of the City
  26. Of the Power of Her Prayers in the Conversion of Her Own Sister
  27. Another Miracle, of the Casting Out of Devils
  28. Of Her Wonderful Devotion Toward the Sacrament of the Altar
  29. Of Her Most Fervent Love of the Crucified
  30. Of a Certain Remembrance of the Lord’s Passion
  31. Of Divers Miracles Which She Worked by the Sign and Power of the Cross
  32. Of Her Daily Instruction of the Sisters
  33. Of Her Eager Desire to Hear the Word of Holy Preaching
  34. Of Her Great Charity Toward the Sisters
  35. Of Her Infirmities and Long Illness
  36. How She Replied to Her Weeping Sister
  37. Of the Miracles of St. Clare After She Passed from the World
  38. Of Those That Were Delivered of the Demon
  39. Of a Man Cured of Frenzy
  40. Of a Person Who Was Cured of Epilepsy
  41. Of a Blind Man That Received Sight
  42. Of the Restoration of a Lost Hand
  43. Of the Healing of Tumors of the Throat
  44. Of the Canonization of the Holy Virgin Clare
  45. I. of the Evangelical Rule and of Catholic and Seraphic Obedience
  46. II. of Sisters About to Enter the Monastery
  47. ILL. of the Divine Office; of Fasting; of Confession and Communion
  48. V. of Silence and of the Parlor and the Grille
  49. VII. of Work and of Alms
  50. XI. of the Portress and of the Door; Also of Entry into the Monastery
  51. Appendix I
  52. Appendix I (continued)
  53. Chapter of Poor Clares. See Rule
  54. Chapter of Poor Clares. See Rule (continued)

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