San Chiara (Saint Clare) and San Francesco (Saint Francis)

San Damiano: We visited San Damiano where Saint Clare established a community of sisters. The number of her sisters exceeds 20,000 worldwide. After visiting and learning about the radical paths of Clare and Francis the site prompts questions about our paths.
It is a place of pilgrimage for sisters of the Order for Poor Clares because she lived there for 42 years. By the time of her death Pope Alexander IV approved the rule for the Order for Poor Clares. It is also a place where Francis received the vision to rebuild the church.

San Damiano

Statue of Saint Clare