Clare of Assisi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian saint
Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001
Place of Birth: Assisi, Umbria, Italy
Date of Death: 11-Aug-1253
Profession: nun
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Clare of Assisi
- Saint Clare of Assisi (16 July 1194 – 11 August 1253, born Chiara Offreduccio and sometimes spelled Clara, Clair, Claire, Sinclair, etc.) is an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi.
- She founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition, and wrote their Rule of Life, the first set of monastic guidelines known to have been written by a woman.
- Following her death, the order she founded was renamed in her honour as the Order of Saint Clare, commonly referred to today as the Poor Clares.
- Her feast day is on 11 August.
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Source: The Yorck Project () 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.
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Simone Martini
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| Alternative names | Simone Senese | ||
| Description | Italian painter and manuscript illuminator | ||
| Date of birth/death | between 1280 and 1285 | 1 August 1344 | |
| Location of birth/death | Siena | Avignon | |
| Work period | between 1313 and 1342 | ||
| Work location | Naples, Assisi, Siena, Avignon | ||
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Source: The Yorck Project () 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.
License: CC-PD-Mark
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