mercredi 10 février 2016

Bienheureuse CHIARA AGOLANTI da RIMINI, veuve, pénitente et tertiaire franciscaine

Francesco da Rimini, Visione della beata Chiara da Rimini



Francesco da Rimini (Maître de la Bienheureuse Claire). Vision de la Bienheureuse Chiara da Rimini
vers 1333-1340. Tempera sur bois de peuplier, 50 X 45, Ajaccio, Palais Fesch

Bienheureuse Claire Argolanti

Pénitente, recluse italienne (+ 1346)

A Rimini en Italie, elle était connue par ses écarts. Elle fut mariée deux fois et son biographe dit d'elle : "Longtemps son cœur fut comme le chemin de l'Évangile où la bonne semence qu'y jetait l'Esprit-Saint était foulée aux pieds par le monde et enlevée par le démon." Mais son enracinement chrétien subsistait, et, chaque jour, elle récitait un "Notre Père" et un "Je vous salue Marie", à la gloire de Dieu. Ce qui la conduisit à la conversion. Devenue tertiaire franciscaine, elle remplaça ses bijoux par des cercles de fer au cou, aux bras et aux genoux, son lit luxueux par des planches rugueuses, et la volupté des repas de jadis par du pain et de l'eau. Sa prière était incessante. Ses rigoureuses et extravagantes pénitences étonnèrent ses contemporains. Et c'est ainsi que se détachant progressivement de la terre et s'attacha au Christ pour toute l'éternité.

À Rimini en Romagne, l’an 1257, la bienheureuse Claire, veuve, qui expia une vie de plaisirs par la pénitence, les châtiments corporels et les jeûnes. Rassemblant des compagnes dans un monastère, elle servit le Seigneur dans un esprit d’humilité.

Martyrologe romain

SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/606/Bienheureuse-Claire-Argolanti.html

Bl. Clare of Rimini

Of a wealthy family, Clare Agolanti was born at Rimini, Italy, was married when young, was exiled after her husband's death, and on her return saw her father and brother hanged by a rival political faction. She remarried, and after having a vision of Mary one day when she was thirty-four, she became a Franciscan tertiary, abandoned her luxurious style of living, and soon after built a convent for a group of women under her direction. She practiced mortifications and penances that were so extreme she was imprisoned for a time as insane. During the last days of her life she experienced ecstasies that left her blind and mute. She died at Rimini on February 10. Soon after her death, a cult developed at Rimini, which was authorized by Pope Pius VI in 1784. Her feast day is February 10th.

SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=783

Blessed Clare Agolanti of Rimini

Also known as

Chiara Agolanti

Clare of Rimini

Clara of Rimini

Klara of Rimini

Memorial

10 February

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Born to the nobility. Married twice, she spent most of her time in dissolute, sinful pleasures. When her father and brother were executed in civil disturbances, Clare changed her life completely. She became a Franciscan tertiary and founded a convent, though she never became a nun. In an attempt to make up for her earlier life, she practiced penances that were considered extreme even by 14th century standards, and once sold herself into slavery so she could use the money to buy a man out of prison; the local judge commuted the man’s sentence, had the money returned, and Clare was freed.

Legend says that once when some nuns of Rimini were freezing without fuel for their fires, Clare went into the woods, picked up a huge log, and started carrying it to the convent. A relative stopped her and said that it was beneath her dignity as a noble woman to carry wood like a servant. Clare said that if Jesus could carry great pieces of wood to Golgotha for the sake of sinners like her, she could hardly balk at carrying it for the brides of Christ.

Born

1282 at RiminiItaly

Died

10 February 1344 at RiminiItaly of natural causes

interred at the convent she founded

Beatified

22 December 1784 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed)

Additional Information

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate

Catholic Encyclopedia

New Catholic Dictionary

Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein

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Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

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Wikipedia

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Wikimedia Commons

sitios en español

Martirologio Romano2001 edición

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Santi e Beati

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Den katolske kirke

MLA Citation

“Blessed Clare Agolanti of Rimini“. CatholicSaints.Info. 7 February 2023. Web. 10 February 2024. <https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-clare-agolanti-of-rimini/>

SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-clare-agolanti-of-rimini/

Blessed Clare of Agolanti, OFM Tert., Widow (AC)

(also known as Clare of Rimini)

Born in Rimini, Italy, 1282; died 1346; cultus approved 1784. Clare, though born and brought up in circumstances of great wealth and comfort, learned early the meaning of misfortune. She lost her husband while still young, was herself exiled during a time of civil war, and saw her father and a brother die on the scaffold.

It was after her second marriage that, with the approval of her husband, she turned to a life of self-discipline. Laying aside her jewels, she wore in their stead rings of iron on her wrists, fingers, and neck. She slept always on a hard bed and imposed upon herself long periods of fasting and prayer. Some of her physical austerities were so extravagant that they were questioned by even her contemporaries.

But she is chiefly remembered as the saint of the watch-tower on the town walls. This watch-tower was an old and disused lookout to which she retired during Lent and where, exposed to the wind and rain, she prayed for herself and her fellow citizens. But she did more than pray. She lived a life of perfect charity with all men. As a result of her close communion with God and of her constant watching over the city, her heart overflowed with love and goodwill, which showed itself in many practical ways, and from her watchtower she came down and ran to where the need for help was greatest.

At the call of an exiled brother who had fallen ill she flew at once to his bedside, nursed him with devoted care, and brought him home. On another occasion, learning that the sisters of a convent were without fuel, she went into the country, gathered wood, and carried it through the streets to their door. On the way she met a relative, a noble of the city, who, horrified to see her thus demean herself, sent a servant to carry the wood, but she refused to give up her burden, saying that just as our Lord was not ashamed to carry His Cross through the streets, so she was proud to carry firewood for the needs of His people.

At another time, hearing that a poor man was sentenced to pay a heavy fine or have his hand cut off, she sold herself as a slave to pay his fine; when the magistrates heard the story they were so touched with pity that they refused the money and pardoned the man. Once when she gave way to angry speech she punished herself by nipping her tongue with a pair of pincers.

In addition to these and many other acts of charity and discipline, she built a convent near the old sentry-box on the city walls, but she never joined the convent herself. For ever after, those who followed her kept alive her spirit and, like her, watched over the city. Towards the end of her life, she went blind. Those eyes that had looked out so kindly upon her brothers and which had shone with the love of Christ could no longer see. But she was still the saint of the watchtower of Rimini, and when she died she was buried in her own chapel under the city walls (Attwater2, Benedictines, Gill).

SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0210.shtml

Blessed Clare of Rimini

(Chiara Agolanti), of the order of Poor Clares, born at Rimini in 1282; died there 10 February, 1346. Deprived at an early age of the support and guidance of her parents and of her pious husband, Clare soon fell a prey to the dangers to which her youth and beauty exposed her, and began to lead a life of sinful dissipation.

As she was one day assisting at mass in the church of the Friars Minor, she seemed to hear a mysterious voice that bade her say a Pater and an Ave at least once with fervour and attention. Clare obeyed the command, not knowing whence it came, and then began to reflect upon her life. Putting on the habit of the Third Order of St. Francis, she resolved to expiate her sins by a life of penance, and she soon became a model of every virtue, but more especially of charity towards the destitute and afflicted. When the Poor Clares were compelled to leave Regno on account of the prevailing wars, it was mainly through the charitable exertions of Clare that they were able to obtain a convent and means of sustenance at Rimini. Later, Clare herself entered the order of Poor Clares, along with several other pious women, and became superioress of the convent of Our Lady of the Angels at Rimini. She worked numerous miracles and towards the close of her life was favoured in an extraordinary manner with the gift of contemplation. Her body now reposes in the cathedral of Rimini. In 1782 the cult of Blessed Clare was approved by Pius VI, who permitted her feast to be celebrated in the city and Diocese of Rimini on the tenth of February.

Donovan, Stephen. "Blessed Clare of Rimini." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 10 Feb. 2016 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04007a.htm>.

Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Paul T. Crowley. Dedicated to Sister Chiara of Our Lady of Light, PCC.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. Remy Lafort, Censor. Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.

Copyright © 2023 by Kevin Knight. Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

SOURCE : http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04007a.htm

Saint of the Day – 10 February – Blessed Clare Agolanti of Rimini OSC (1282-1346)

Posted on February 10, 2022

Saint of the Day – 10 February – Blessed Clare Agolanti of Rimini OSC (1282-1346) Married, Widowed, Nun., Penitent, Mystic. Born as Chiara Agolanti in 1282 at Rimini, Italy and died on 10 February 1344 at Rimini, Italy of natural causes.

Chiara Agolanti was born to a wealthy family of Rimini. Married at a young age, she was sent into exile upon the death of her husband. Upon her return, she witnessed the horrifying hanging of her father and brother by a rival political faction. She remarried and soon fell a prey to the dangers to which her youth and beauty exposed her, and began to lead a life of sinful dissipation.

One day when she was attending Mass in the Church of the Franciscan Friars, she seemed to hear a mysterious voice that bade her say an Our Father and a Hail Mary at least once with fervour and attention. Clare obeyed the command, not knowing from where it came and then began to reflect upon her life.

She made the decision to enter into the Third Order of Saint Francis, resolving to expiate her sins by a life of penance. She soon became a model of every virtue but more especially of charity towards the destitute and afflicted.

She abandoned her life of luxury and established a convent for a group of women under her direction. When the Poor Clares were compelled to leave Regno on account of the prevailing wars, it was mainly through the exertions of Clare that they were able to obtain a Convent and means of sustenance at Rimini.

Later, Clare herself entered the Order of Poor Clares Nuns, along with several other pious women and became Prioress of the Convent of Our Lady of the Angels at Rimini. She is believed to have worked numerous miracles and towards the close of her life to have been favoured in an extraordinary manner with the gift of contemplation.

Her body is now in the cathedral of Rimini.

On 22 December 1784 her cutus was confirmed by Pope Pius VI.

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Blessed Clare of Rimini, also known as Chiara Agolanti was born at Rimini in Italy in the year 1282, Clare lost her mother when she was only seven years old, and her father, busy with making a living for them could not devote enough time and attention to her upbringing, Clare was a lively girl and grew up into a frivolous young woman. Habig tells us that this was not a ‘Christian manner”.

As a young woman, Clare was almost completely worldly, living a nominally Christian life, her beauty and her lively temperament made her easily prey to the dissipation of the world. Clare married a man of the world.

Then One day during Mass in a church of the Franciscan Friars, she seemed to hear a mysterious voice bidding her to say an Our Father and a Hail Mary at least once with fervour and attention. Clare obeyed the command, not knowing from where it came, and then began to reflect upon her life, in the course of the prayers her soul saw clearly the very sad state in which she was living. Clare became alarmed as she considered her life up until then; she was shaken at the thought of the account God could require of her at any moment. Penitently she turned to the God of all mercies with the firm resolve earnestly to change her life.

Asking her husband’s permission to do so, Clare decided to enter the Third Order Regular of St. Francis, resolving to atone for her sins by a life of penance. She soon became a model of virtue, skilled in the art of reconciliation but remembered more especially for her charity towards the poor and the sick. When the Poor Clares were compelled to leave Regno on account of the prevailing wars, it was mainly through Clare’s efforts that they were able to obtain a convent and means of sustenance at Rimini.

Later, Clare herself, along with several other pious women entered the order of Poor Clares, and became Mother Superior of the convent of Our Lady of the Angels at Rimini. She worked numerous miracles and towards the close of her life was favored in an extraordinary manner with the gift of contemplation.

Habig says ” Almighty God blessed her efforts with great success; in fact, He granted her the heavenly gifts of prophecy and miracles. It was once observed that while walking from town to the church that her feet never actually made contact with the ground, and that she was in fact levitating as she travelled with her companions.”

Clare died on 10th February 1346 and was beatified by Pope Pius VI in 1782 who approved the cult of blessed Clare, permitting her feast to be celebrated in the city and Diocese of Rimini on February 10th. Her body now reposes in the cathedral of Rimini. Though a saint of the Catholic Church her feast is not observed by any of the Franciscan orders

Prayer of the church

(Fourth Sunday After Easter)

 O God, Who makest the minds of the faithful to be of one will,

grant us, Thy people, to love what Thou commandest and to

desire what Thou doest promise, that amid the changing things of

this world our hearts may be set where true joy is found.

Through Christ Our Lord Who liveth and reigneth with

Thee and the Holy Spirit,  One God, now and forever.

Amen

Quotations from

1. Habig, Marion A., O.F.M., 1959, ed., The Franciscan book of Saints, Franciscan Herald press, Chicago, Illinois

2.Other information adapted from information in the public domain at Wikipedia, incorporating text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Blessed Clare of Rimini". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.

SOURCE : http://www.efo.org.au/Blessed-Clare-of-Rimini.htm

Beata Chiara Agolanti da Rimini Clarissa

10 febbraio

1280 - 1326

Chiara Agolanti nacque a Rimini nel 1280 in una famiglia molto ricca. Dopo una giovinezza dissipata, segnata anche da molteplici scandali, Chiara si convertì ed intraprese una vita di carità e di penitenza. Alla morte del secondo marito intensificò le sue penitenze fino alla decisione di formare una comunità di vita claustrale secondo la regola di Chiara di Assisi, con alcune donne che nel frattempo si erano unite a lei. Durante questo ultimo periodo della sua vita il Signore le fece dono di elevatissime grazie spirituali. Chiara Agolanti morì il 10 febbraio 1326. Gode del culto di Beata per antica tradizione.

Martirologio Romano: A Rimini, beata Chiara, vedova, che espiò con la penitenza, la mortificazione della carne e i digiuni la precedente vita dissoluta e, radunate delle compagne in un monastero, servì il Signore in spirito di umiltà.

Nel corso dei secoli, la vita di s. Maria Maddalena, come libertina e poi convertita e penitente, ha sempre avuto delle anime che si sono ritrovate, nel loro tempo, quasi nella stessa situazione, fra queste annoveriamo Chiara Agolanti.

Nata nel 1280 fu educata dal padre Onosdeo in modo molto forte nell’agire, quasi maschile e insofferente di ogni sottomissione. Passò la sua adolescenza cavalcando e giostrando, ribelle alle pratiche religiose che la madre Gaudiana cercava di inculcarle.

Morta la madre, il padre si risposò e lei divenne ancora più indipendente. Giovanissima sposò il figlio della matrigna ma rimase vedova dopo tre anni ereditando immense ricchezze. Per otto anni continuò a darsi alle feste, alle giostre cavalleresche, a conviti, con una vita frivola e mondana, dando adito in città a scandali e pessime dicerie.

Il padre e il fratello morirono lo stesso giorno mentre erano in guerra contro i Malatesta, per rivalità di dominio del territorio riminese, così che tutte le ricchezze della famiglia Agolanti si accentrarono nelle mani della giovane vedova.

Fu richiesta in sposa da un nobile che faceva anche lui una vita dissipata e lei acconsentì a patto che potesse continuare lo stesso modo di vivere. Un giorno per curiosità, entrò nella chiesa dei Padri Conventuali, s. Maria in Tribio e si sentì dentro di sé per la prima volta turbata e agitata, tornata a casa si rinchiuse nella sua stanza, dove gettatosi a terra ebbe un pianto dirotto di pentimento e decise allora di mutare vita.

Il giorno dopo si recò nella stessa chiesa ove si confessò in generale, da quel momento ricominciò un’esistenza di pietà, di opere buone, di penitenza, convertendo anche lo sposo, che due anni dopo morì in modo cristiano. A quel punto Chiara non pose più limiti alle sue penitenze che divennero terribili, animata da un fuoco d’espiazione che la divorava.

Con le sue immense ricchezze, prese ad aiutare tutte le miserie materiali e morali, dotò di dote ed assistenza tutte le ragazze povere da sposare. Alcune donne di grande fervore si riunirono intorno a lei disposte a fare una vita di clausura e di penitenza, Chiara fondò così un piccolo convento detto di s. Maria degli Angeli, poi successivamente detto di s. Chiara; ottenne la benedizione del vescovo di Rimini Guido Abasio, recandosi poi alla Chiesa Cattedrale per emettere i voti religiosi, secondo la Regola di s. Chiara.

Visse una decina d’anni come superiora, intensificando i sacrifici e la contemplazione della Passione di Cristo. Il Signore le concesse il dono di grazie mistiche elevatissime, con estasi così profonde che nessuna forza umana riusciva a farle sospendere e solo se le si portava davanti il ss. Sacramento si riprendeva.

Morì a 46 anni il 10 febbraio 1236, consumata dalle penitenze e dalla contemplazione; il suo corpo riposa nella chiesa del monastero.

Per antica tradizione gode del culto di Beata. Ricorrenza liturgica il 10 febbraio.

Autore: Antonio Borrelli

Se qualcuno avesse ancora dei dubbi che per il Signore nulla è perduto e che per ciascuno c’è la possibilità di ricominciare una vita nuova, segua la vicenda singolare della beata Chiara Agolanti, che con l’omonima santa di Assisi ha ben poco da spartire, almeno per i primi tre quarti della sua vita. Di famiglia fiorentina, nata nella seconda metà del 1200 a Rimini, dove la famiglia è stata esiliata, è una bambina ribelle, anzi una scavezzacollo che la mamma fatica a controllare e ad educare a più civili modi di vivere. La morte della mamma, quando lei ha appena sette anni, le concede ancora più indipendenza, mentre il padre cerca inutilmente di educarla con uno stile marziale e rigoroso che aumenta ancor più il suo senso di ribellione. Poco più che bambina viene promessa al figlio della matrigna, che sposa appena adolescente. Il giovane marito muore appena tre anni dopo, lasciandola erede di un’immensa ricchezza, che Chiara non fatica a sperperare. Il lutto, infatti, non l’ha certo addolorata né depressa, se riesce subito a darsi alla pazza gioia, alle feste mondane, ai banchetti e alle giostre. Un comportamento il suo, che finisce sulla bocca di tutti i riminesi, scandalizzati dal suo peccaminoso stile di vita. Nemmeno la morte tragica, in combattimento e nello stesso giorno, del papà e del fratello riesce a scuoterla. Anzi, questo ulteriore lutto concentra nelle sue mani tutto l’ingente patrimonio di famiglia, permettendole di condurre una vita ancora più trasgressiva e facendola diventare uno dei migliori “partiti” della città. Incapace di ogni solido legame, accetta di sposare uno dei compagni delle sue quotidiane bravate, un discusso e chiacchierato “gentiluomo”, a patto di poter continuare la sua vita sregolata. A 34 anni un fatto insolito nello squallore della sua vita morale: una forza misteriosa ma irresistibile la obbliga un giorno ad entrare in una chiesa e a recitare un “Padre nostro” che ha il potere di cambiarle la vita. Dopo una notte insonne, ritorna il giorno dopo nella stessa chiesa, questa volta per confessarsi e per fare il proposito di cambiare vita. Tanto sregolata e trasgressiva prima, quanto risoluta e tenace adesso nel tener fede ai propositi fatti, coinvolge nella conversione anche il marito libertino, che cambia vita e muore due anni dopo, in pace con Dio e con se stesso. Chiara, adesso, ha tutto un suo mondo di poveri da aiutare, affamati da sfamare e malati da curare, cui dona tutti i suoi beni. Da ricchissima che era sceglie di bussare di casa in casa per elemosinare quelle che serve alla vita di un convento di clausura. Addirittura fonda un convento tutto suo, nel quale vive esperienze mistiche molto intense, a volte appena turbate dal rimorso dei peccati giovanili, cui cerca di rimediare con rigorosissime penitenze. Alla sua morte è subito circondata dalla venerazione e dalla simpatia della gente, che la sente vicina non solo nel comune sforzo di fedeltà a Dio, ma anche nell’umana debolezza che ha contraddistinto la sua vita. E’ festeggiata il 10 febbraio.

Autore: Gianpiero Pettiti

SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90624

Den salige Klara Agolanti av Rimini (1280-1326)

Minnedag: 10. februar

Den salige Klara Agolanti (it: Chiara) ble født i 1280 i Rimini i regionen Emilia-Romagna i Nord-Italia. Hennes foreldre var Onosdeo Agolanti og hans hustru Gaudiana og kom fra en av byens rike adelsfamilier. Sin ungdom kastet hun bort med syndefulle utsvevelser, og hun ignorerte den religiøse praksisen som moren prøvde å lære henne.

Da moren døde, giftet faren seg igjen, og Klara ble enda mer uavhengig. Hun giftet seg med sønnen av sin stemor, men hun ble enke etter bare tre år og arvet enorme rikdommer. I åtte år til levde hun sitt utsvevende liv, og hun var årsak til mange skandaler og mye sladder i byen. Hennes far og hennes bror ble henrettet etter sivil uro, og all rikdommen til familien Agolanti havnet på den unge enkens hender. En adelsmann som levde like utsvevende som henne selv, fridde til henne, og hun svarte ja på den betingelse at hun kunne fortsette sin gamle livsstil.

En dag gikk Klara av nysgjerrighet inn i en kirke som tilhørte fransiskanerkonventualene (OFMConv), Santa Maria in Tribio. Dette forandret hennes liv fullstendig, og da hun kom hjem, låste hun seg inn på et rom, kastet seg på gulvet og lovte å begynne et nytt liv. Det ble sagt at det var en visjon av Jomfru Maria som sto bak omvendelsen. Dagen etter gikk hun til den samme kirken og avla generalskriftemål.

Hennes mann ga henne tillatelse til å leve praktisk talt som en nonne, og hun ble fransiskanertertiar (Tertius Ordo Franciscanus – TOF). Hun levde et liv preget av botsøvelser og barmhjertighetsgjerninger, og hun omvendte også sin mann. Han døde to år senere, og hun økte sin askese ytterligere.

Noen av de botsøvelser hun påla seg selv, var nokså ekstreme, selv etter samtidens målestokk. Hun la bort alle smykker og bar ringer av jern rundt anklene, fingrene og halsen. Hun sov alltid på en hard seng og påla seg selv lange perioder med faste og bønn. I fasten bodde hun i en hule i bymuren, på langfredag fikk hun seg selv dratt gjennom byen med et tau om halsen som en imitasjon av Jesus på veien til Golgata. Hun døde nesten da hun prøvde for lenge å erfare Kristi tørst på korset. En gang hun ikke klarte å holde seg, men talte i vrede, straffet hun seg med å klype seg i tungen med en tang. De siste årene av sitt liv ble hun blind, og de siste få månedene av sitt liv tilbrakte hun i en koma hvor hun ikke var i stand til å snakke.

Men hennes arbeid viser at hun ikke bare lærte å straffe seg selv, men også å hjelpe andre. Hun pleide sin forviste bror og mange andre, hun hjalp noen klarissenonner som hadde blitt tvunget til å flykte fra Regno for å etablere seg i Rimini og bar ved for dem som en tjener – de låste henne inne for å forhindre at hun gikk tilbake til hulen i bymuren. En gang solgte hun seg selv som slave for å kjøpe fri en mann som skulle til å få hånden kappet av. Magistraten ble så beveget over medfølelsen i handlingen at han benådet mannen. Hun grunnla et kloster for sine disipler, Santa Maria degli Angeli, men ble aldri selv nonne. Klosteret fikk senere navnet Santa Chiara.

Klara døde den 10. februar 1326 i Rimini. Hennes legeme hviler i klosterkirken. Hun ble saligkåret den 22. desember 1784 ved at hennes kult ble stadfestet av pave Pius VI (1775-99). Hennes minnedag er dødsdagen 10. februar.

Kilder: Attwater/Cumming, Butler (II), Benedictines, Index99, KIR, CE, CSO, Patron Saints SQPN, Infocatho, santiebeati.it - Kompilasjon og oversettelse: p. Per Einar Odden - Opprettet: 2000-06-16 16:07 - Sist oppdatert: 2006-06-19 15:51

SOURCE : http://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/krimini

Voir aussi : http://clio-cr.clionautes.org/claire-de-rimini-entre-saintete-et-heresie.html#.VrvEIE3Mty0

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