Blessed Ortolana of Assisi (sometimes spelled Hortulana, born in the 12th century – died before 1238 in Assisi) –

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of the

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. The nun of The Order of Saint Clare (

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). Wife of Favarone Offreduccio, mother of Saint

Clare of Assisi Clare of Assisi (born Chiara Offreduccio and sometimes spelled Clara, Clair, Claire, Sinclair; 16 July 1194 – 11 August 1253) was an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Francis of Assisi. She founded the Order of Poor Ladie ...

and Saint

Agnes of Assisi Agnes of Assisi (1197 or 1198 – 16 November 1253) was a younger sister of Clare of Assisi and one of the first abbesses of the Order of Poor Ladies (now the Poor Clares). Pope Benedict XIV canonized her as a saint in 1753. Life She was a younge ...

. She joined The Monastery of San Damiano after her husband's death.''Święci na każdy dzień'', Vera Schauber, Hanns Michael Schindler, Warszawa 2000, (PL)

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