1 Very Rare Glass-Bulb-Reliquary Ex Ossibus St. Clara / Claire Assisi
Very Rare Glass-Bulb-Reliquary Ex Ossibus St. Clara / Claire Assisi en Glass / Originaly Sealed / Fabrics, Italy 18 th century ( Anno 1790 )
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5088950
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Width:
7 cm ( 2.76 inch)
Height:
12 cm ( 4.72 inch)
Depth:
7 cm ( 2.76 inch)
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Clare of Assisi
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Detail depicting Saint Clare from a fresco (c. 1320) by Simone Martini in the Lower basilica of San Francesco, Assisi
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| Virgin | |
| Born | Chiara Offreduccio 16 July 1194 Assisi, Duchy of Spoleto, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 11 August 1253 (aged 59) Assisi, Papal States |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church Anglican Communion Lutheran Church |
| Canonized | 26 September 1255, Rome by Pope Alexander IV |
| Major shrine | Basilica of Saint Clare, Assisi |
| Feast | 11 August |
| Attributes | Monstrance, pyx, lamp, crozier, habit of the Poor Clares |
| Patronage | Eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry, television, bicycle messengers, good weather, needleworkers, remote viewing, extrasensory perception, fertility, Santa Clara, California, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, Obando, Bulacan |