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6 unusual facts about Clare of Assisi


Lake St. Clair

It was named after the Clare of Assisi, on whose feast day it was discovered by European explorers.

He named the body of water Lac Sainte-Claire as the expedition discovered it on the feast day of Saint Clare of Assisi.

Megen

One is inhabited by the Clarissas (also called the Poor Clares), followers of St. Clare of Assisi.

Michael A. Perry

Following his university studies, he entered the novitiate of the Province of the Sacred Heart of the Franciscan Order on 25 June 1977, and professed temporary religious vows on 11 August of the following year, the feast day of St. Clare of Assisi.

St. Clair Township, Michigan

An expedition led by the French explorer René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle named it Lac Sainte-Claire, because they entered the lake on August 12, 1679, the feast day of Saint Clare of Assisi.

Stans

He converted the Convent of St. Klara (built in 1621-1625) into a school for the children.


Lina Bruna Rasa

Bruna Rasa created the roles of Atte in Mascagni's Nerone, Cecilia Sagredo in Franco Vittadini's La Sagredo and Saint Clare in Licinio Refice's 1926 oratorio, Trittico Francescano.


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Interfaith worship spaces

Ann Arbor, Michigan, St. Clare of Assisi Episcopal church and Temple Beth Emeth share a building called Genesis of Ann Arbor.