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title: "St. Clare of Assisi: Feast Day August 11, Life & Quotes"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clare-of-assisi/
description: "St. Clare of Assisi, Virgin. Feast day August 11, died c. 1253. Read their life and their own words, with sources."
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Virgin · Feast day August 11

# St. Clare of Assisi

The feast day of St. Clare of Assisi is August 11, a memorial in the US Catholic calendar. Below: a short life and 2 sourced quotations in their own words.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Feast day | [August 11](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/#11) |
| In the US calendar | Memorial |
| Title | Virgin |
| Died | c. 1253 |
| In their own words | [2 sourced quotations](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clare-of-assisi/#words) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Wednesday, August 11, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clare-of-assisi/#calendar) |

## Life

The first flower of Francis’s garden: a young noblewoman of Assisi who slipped out on Palm Sunday night, had her hair cut by Francis himself, and founded the Poor Ladies at San Damiano.

She fought popes for the ‘privilege of poverty’ — the right to own nothing at all — and won it on her deathbed. Twice her prayer before the Blessed Sacrament turned besieging armies from the city.

## In their own words

Each quotation names the work it comes from. Bless quotes these in the comments beside the verses listed under [In Scripture](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clare-of-assisi/#scripture).

> Place your mind before the mirror of eternity; place your soul in the brilliance of glory; place your heart in the figure of the divine substance, and transform your whole being into the image of the Godhead itself through contemplation.

— *Letter to Agnes of Prague, 3*, 1238

> Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear, for He who created you has made you holy.

— *Last words*, 1253

## In Scripture

In Bless, St. Clare of Assisi’s words appear in the comments beside these verses. This page’s labels say how each is linked: “on this verse” means the saint wrote about that very verse; “on this theme” means the quotation shares its theme. Scripture is quoted from the Catholic Public Domain Version.

1. On this theme
   > And now thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and who formed you, O Israel: Do not be afraid. For I have redeemed you, and I have called you by your name. You are mine.
   — [Isaiah 43:1](https://blessbible.app/bible/isaiah/43/#v1) · CPDV
   Beside their words: [“Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear, for He…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clare-of-assisi/#q133)
2. On this theme
   > “Now you may dismiss your servant in peace, O Lord, according to your word.
   — [Luke 2:29](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/2/#v29) · CPDV
   Beside their words: [“Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear, for He…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clare-of-assisi/#q133)
3. On this theme
   > Yet truly, all of us, as we gaze upon the unveiled glory of the face of the Lord, are transfigured into the same image, from one glory to another. And this is done by the Spirit of the Lord.
   — [2 Corinthians 3:18](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/3/#v18) · CPDV
   Beside their words: [“Place your mind before the mirror of eternity; place your soul in the brilliance of…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clare-of-assisi/#q132)
4. On this theme
   > Consider the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.
   — [Colossians 3:2](https://blessbible.app/bible/colossians/3/#v2) · CPDV
   Beside their words: [“Place your mind before the mirror of eternity; place your soul in the brilliance of…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clare-of-assisi/#q132)

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Clare of Assisi. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Wednesday, August 11, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/11/) | St. Clare, Virgin (Memorial) | White | Deuteronomy 34:1-12 · Psalm 66:1-3a, 5 and 8, 16-17 · 2 Corinthians 5:19 · Matthew 18:15-20 |
| [Friday, August 11, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/11/) | St. Clare, Virgin (Memorial) | White | Nahum 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7 · Deuteronomy 32:35cd-36ab, 39abcd, 41 · Matthew 5:10 · Matthew 16:24-28 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[August 10 St. Lawrence](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-lawrence/) [August 12 St. Jane Frances de Chantal](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-jane-frances-de-chantal/)

[All the saints of August](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/) [Born on August 11?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#08-11) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Clare of Assisi

Feast day August 11

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clare-of-assisi/#life)
2. [In their own words](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clare-of-assisi/#words)
3. [In Scripture](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clare-of-assisi/#scripture)
4. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clare-of-assisi/#calendar)

In the app

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