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... "On that night, preparing to obey the command of the saint (Francis of Assisi), she embarked upon her long desired flight with a virtuous companion. Since she was not content to leave by way of the usual door, marveling at her strength, she broke open with her own hands that other door that is customarily blocked by wood and stone.
And so she ran to Saint Mary of the Portiuncula, leaving behind her home, city, and relatives. There the brothers, who were observing sacred vigils before the little altar of God, received the virgin Clare with torches. There, immediately after rejecting the filth of Babylon, she gave the world "a bill of divorce."
... A woman, admirable by name,
[Clare],
illustrious by designation and in virtue,
took her origin from a lineage already sufficiently illustrious
in the city of Assisi:
at first a fellow citizen with blessed Francis on earth,
afterward reigning with him in heaven.
[Clare],
illustrious by designation and in virtue,
took her origin from a lineage already sufficiently illustrious
in the city of Assisi:
at first a fellow citizen with blessed Francis on earth,
afterward reigning with him in heaven.
... " There, her hair shorn by the hands of the brothers, she put aside every kind of her fine dress." ...
The Legend of Saint Clare (1256)
