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Assisi, in the year 1212. A young and beautiful woman slips quietly out of the house of her noble-born parents. She is leaving behind her all the safety, the security, wealth and comfort of her former world in order to devote her entire life to poverty, chastity and obedience to her Bridegroom, Jesus Christ. Not that it was unusual, at this time, for a young woman to enter a convent; but as a young noblewoman from a distinguished family she could at least have been expected to choose a life in accordance with her status, in a recognized religious community. To choose such a life, in bitter poverty, was new and unheard of.
Very soon, however, other young women joined her. This young woman would later become renowned worldwide as St. Clare of Assisi, the foundress of the Order of the Poor Clares. Read more
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