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• Montefalco, Clare of, Saint
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(Latin: clarus, famous)

Virgin, born Montefalco, Italy, c.1268;died there, 1308. She was probably a secular Franciscan tertiary in her youth and later a nun in the Third Order of Saint Augustine. She became Abbess of Santa Croce, 1295. Her life was remarkable for her devotion to the Passion of Christ. Emblems: scales. Feast, August 18,.