Blessed Camilla Battista Varano
A princess of Camerino, Camilla Battista Varani overcame her father's opposition to enter the Poor Clares in 1481. A great mystic of the Pas…
Iconographic attribute
Poor Clare habit
8 saints
Saint Catherine of Bologna (Vigri)
Born in Bologna in 1413, Catherine Vigri was raised at the court of Ferrara before dedicating herself to religious life among the Poor Clare…
Saint Colette (Nicole)
Born miraculously in Corbie, Colette dedicated herself to a life of austerity before becoming the great reformer of the Order of Saint Clare…
Eustochia Smeralda Calafato
Saint Eustochia Smeralda Calafato (1434-1485) was an Italian Poor Clare nun, founder of the Montevergine monastery in Messina, and co-patron…
Kinga
Daughter of the King of Hungary and wife of Bolesław V of Poland, Saint Kinga lived in perpetual chastity. A charitable sovereign, she found…
Blessed Margaret Colonna
Born into the noble Roman Colonna family in the 13th century, Marguerite refused a prestigious marriage to dedicate herself to God after a v…
Philippa of Guelders
Duchess of Lorraine and Queen of Sicily, Philippe de Gheldres governed her states with wisdom before retiring to the Poor Clares of Pont-à-M…
Vincenza Damato
The Venerable Vincenza Damato, in religion Sister Maria Chiara of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, is an Italian Poor Clare who offered her…