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St. Clare of Assisi
Clare came from a wealthy and noble family in Assisi. Her father died young. After hearing St. Francis of Assisi preach in the streets, she confided to him her desire to live for God, the two became close friends. On Palm Sunday 1212, the bishop presented her with a palm, which she apparently took as a sign. She eventually took the veil of religious profession from Francis at the Church of Our Lady of the Angels in Assisi.She founded the Order of Poor Ladies (Poor Clares) at San Damiano, and led it for 40 years. Everywhere the Franciscans established themselves throughout Europe, there also went the Poor Clares, depending solely on alms, forced to have complete faith on God to provide through people; a lack of land-based revenues was a new idea at the time.
Clare loved music and well-composed sermons. She was humble, merciful, charming, optimistic, and chivalrous. She daily meditated on the Passion. When she learned of the Franciscan martyrs in Morrocco in 1221, she tried to go there to give her own life for God, but was restrained. Once when her convent was about to be attacked, she displayed the Sacrament in a monstrace at the convent gates, and prayed before it; the attackers left.
Toward the end of her life, when she was too ill to attend Mass, an image of the service would display on the wall of her cell; thus her patronage of television. She was ever the close friend and spiritual student of Francis, who apparently led her soul into the light.
Born 16 July 1194 at Assisi, Italy |
Died 11 August 1253 of natural causes |
Canonized 26 September 1255 by Pope Alexander IV |
Name Meaning bright; brilliant |
Patronage embroiderers; eye disease; eyes; gilders; goldsmiths; gold workers; good weather; laundry workers; needle workers; Santa Clara Indian Pueblo; telegraphs; telephones; television; television writers |
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Representation host; monstrance; woman with a monstrance in her hand |
聖嘉勒學校的主保聖人
亞西西的聖嘉勒
嘉勒來自意大利亞西西的一個富裕貴族家庭。她的父親英年早逝。在聽到亞西西的聖方濟各在街上講道後,她向他傾訴了她為天主而活的願望,兩人成為了親密的朋友。 1212 年聖枝主日,主教送給她一枝聖枝,她顯然把它當作一個徵兆。她最終在亞西西的天神之后聖堂從方濟各手中接過了修女的頭紗。她在聖達勉堂創立了貧窮嘉勒會,並領導了 40 年。方濟各會士們在歐洲各地建立方濟小兄弟會會院,也有貧窮嘉勒女修會,完全依靠施捨,信賴天主通過人們提供所需;缺乏以土地為基礎的收入在當時是一個新想法。
嘉勒喜歡音樂和精心編排的佈道。她謙遜、仁爱,、迷人、樂觀和俠義。她每天都在熱情地默想。當她在 1221 年得知在摩洛哥的方濟會士們殉道時,她試圖往那裏為天主獻出自己的生命,但被制止了。有一次,當她的修道院即將被襲擊時,她在修道院門口展示出聖體,並在衪,面前祈禱,襲擊者便離開了。
在她生命的盡頭,當她病重無法參加彌撒時,她房間的牆上卻展現出彌撒過程的圖像,因此後世稱她為電視主保。她曾經是方濟各的親密朋友和靈修方面的學生,顯然是方濟各把她的靈魂帶進了光明。
出生 1194年7月16 日於意大利亞西西 |
逝世 1253年8月11 日因病去世 |
封聖 1255年9月26 日由教宗亞歷山大.四世封聖 |
名字的意思 明亮的,燦爛的 |
主保 刺繡工人、眼疾、眼睛、滑翔機、金匠、鍍金工人、好天氣、洗衣工人、裁縫、Santa Clara Indian Pueblo, 電報、電話、電視、電視編輯 |
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象徵 主持人; 聖體匣; 手裡拿著聖體匣的女人 |