Poor Clare habit

Blessed Camilla Battista Varano

Feast: June 2nd • 15th century

A princess of Camerino, Camilla Battista Varani overcame her father's opposition to enter the Poor Clares in 1481. A great mystic of the Pas…

Saint Catherine of Bologna (Vigri)

Feast: March 9th • 15th century

Born in Bologna in 1413, Catherine Vigri was raised at the court of Ferrara before dedicating herself to religious life among the Poor Clare…

Saint Colette (Nicole)

Feast: March 6th • 14th century

Born miraculously in Corbie, Colette dedicated herself to a life of austerity before becoming the great reformer of the Order of Saint Clare…

Eustochia Smeralda Calafato

Feast: January 20th • 15th century

Kinga

Feast: July 24th • 13th century

Blessed Margaret Colonna

Feast: December 30th • 13th century

Born into the noble Roman Colonna family in the 13th century, Marguerite refused a prestigious marriage to dedicate herself to God after a v…

Philippa of Guelders

Feast: February 26th • 15th century

Duchess of Lorraine and Queen of Sicily, Philippe de Gheldres governed her states with wisdom before retiring to the Poor Clares of Pont-à-M…