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Clare of Assisi
(klâr; ə-sēˈzē, -sē, ə-sĭsˈē), Saint 1194-1253.
Italian nun and religious leader who founded with Saint Francis of Assisi the first Franciscan order of nuns, the Poor Clares. She was canonized in 1255.
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