Santa Chiara is a

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church in

Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...

, region of Tuscany, Italy, a few paces away from the Piazza dei Miracoli.

History

Originally called the church of ''Santo Spirito'', it was reconstructed in 1227 as the chapel for the adjacent hospital of Santa Chiara (St Clare), later called ''Spedale Nuovo di Santo Spirito''. The portal fresco of ''Madonna and child with Saints Clare and Francis'' dates to the 17th century. One of the relics contained in this church is a supposed spine from the Crown of thorns worn by Christ at the passion, and once held at the church of

Santa Maria della Spina Santa Maria della Spina is a small church in the Italian city of Pisa. The church, erected around 1230 in the Pisan Gothic style, and enlarged after 1325, was originally known as Santa Maria di Pontenovo for the newer bridge that existed nearby, ...

. It also contains a 15th-16th century wooden ''Crucifix'' and a marble ''Annunciation'' (1567) by

Stoldo Lorenzi Stoldo Lorenzi (''Stoldo di Gino Lorenzi''; 1534 – after 1583) was an Italian Mannerist sculptor active in Florence and Pisa. Born 1534 in Settignano, Tuscany, close to Florence. He was born the son of Gino Lorenzi, of a family of renowned sto ...

. {{Authority control 13th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy

Chiara Chiara is a word and place name of Italian origin, meaning "bright" or "clear", and may refer to: People * Chiara (name) * Chiara da Montefalco, (1268–1308), an Augustinian nun and abbess * Chiara (Italian singer) or Chiara Galiazzo (born 1986 ...

Churches completed in 1227