Order of Saint Clare (O.S.C.)

Poor Clares

Also known as: Orden der Klarissen (Deutsch) / Orden de Santa Clara (español) / Ordre de Sainte-Claire (français) / Ubogie Siostry Świętej Klary (polski) / Ordem de Santa Clara (Pobres Claras) (Português) / 嘉勒修女會 (貧窮修女會) (正體中文) / クララ会 (日本語) / Ordo Sanctæ Claræ (latine)

Type: Religious Order or Institute with independent houses of Pontifical Right (for Women)

Depends on: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

History

Founder

Founder:ItalySaint Sr. Chiara Offreduccio (Clare of Assisi), O.S.C. (1212.03.28)

Saints (5)

1524: ItalySaint Battista (Camilla da Varano), abbess

1485: ItalySaint Eustochia (Smeralda Calafato), religious

1463: ItalySaint Caterina da Bologna, religious

1282: CzechiaSaint Agnes of Bohemia (Anežka Česká / Prágai Ágnes), religious

1253: ItalySaint Clare of Assisi (Chiara Offreduccio), religious

Blesseds (10)

1745: ItalyBlessed Maria Crocifissa (Elisabetta Maria Satellico), religious

1521: FranceBlessed Marguerite de Lorraine-Vaudémont, religious

1514: ItalyBlessed Paola Montaldi, religious

1503: FranceBlessed Louise de Savoie, religious

1478: ItalyBlessed Serafina (Sveva Sforza), abbess

1444: ItalyBlessed Felicia Meda, abbess

1355: FranceBlessed Pétronille de Troyes, abbess

1320: ItalyBlessed Mattia Nazareni, abbess

1268: PolandBlessed Salomea Piastówna, abbess

1231: ItalyBlessed Elena Enselmini, religious

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Houses: 509

Members: 5,752

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Members

Last updated on 2026.02.24

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