Santa Chiara is Italian for Saint Clare, and may refer to:

Churches

Basilica di Santa Chiara The Basilica of Saint Clare (''Basilica di Santa Chiara'' in Italian) is a church in Assisi, central Italy. It is dedicated to and contains the remains of Saint Clare of Assisi, a follower of Saint Francis of Assisi and founder of the Order of Po ...

, in Assisi *

Monastero di Santa Chiara Monastero di Santa Chiara is a church in San Marino. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro The Italian Catholic Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro was until 1977 the historic Diocese of Montefeltro. It is a Latin ...

, a church in San Marino *

Santa Chiara a Vigna Clara The Church of Saint Clare in Vigna Clara ( it, Santa Chiara a Vigna Clara, la, S. Clarae ad Vineam Claram) is a Catholic Titular church, titular church in Rome, Italy, built as a parish church by decree of Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal Clement ...

, a church in Rome *

Santa Chiara, Bra Santa Chiara is a Roman Catholic church located on Via Barbacana, 49 in the town of Bra, province of Cuneo, region of Piedmont, northern Italy. The small domed church was designed by the late-Baroque architect Bernardo Antonio Vittone. History ...

, a church in Bra, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy *

Santa Chiara, Camerino Santa Chiara is a Roman Catholic church and monastery in the town of Camerino, province of Macerata, region of the Marche, Italy. It is located just outside the old city walls, and is best known for housing for during the late 15th and early 16th c ...

, a church and monastery in Camerino, Macerata, Marche, Italy *

Santa Chiara, Carpi Santa Chiara and the adjacent monastery are a Roman Catholic church and Poor Clares nunnery respectively, located on Corso M. Fanti 79 in central Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. History The monastery was founded in 1490 by Camilla Pio di Savoia, bor ...

, in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy * Santa Chiara, Correggio, a church and convent in Correggio, Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy *

Santa Chiara, Fanano Santa Chiara is a renaissance-style, Roman Catholic church and adjacent Clarissan convent located in the town of Fanano in the province of Modena, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. History The present church is a reconstruction, after the earthq ...

, a church and convent in Fanano, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy *

Santa Chiara, Naples Santa Chiara is a religious complex in Naples, Italy, that includes the Church of Santa Chiara, a monastery, tombs and an archeological museum. The Basilica church of Santa Chiara faces Via Benedetto Croce, which is the easternmost leg of Via ...

, a religious complex in Naples, Italy *

Santa Chiara all'Albergaria Santa Chiara all'Albergaria refers to a church and former monastery located in piazza Santa Chiara, in the quarter of Albergaria in the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. The church is located near the busy outdoor Ballarò marketplace. ...

, a monastery and church in Palermo, Italy *

Santa Chiara, Pieve di Cento Santa Chiara is a Baroque architecture, Baroque style, Roman Catholic church or chapel constructed as part of the former Convent of the Clarissan nuns in Pieve di Cento, Region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. History The church was erected during 1633– ...

, a church in Pieve di Cento, Emilia-Romagna, Italy *

Santa Chiara, Pisa Santa Chiara is a Roman Catholic church in Pisa, 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 h ...

, a church in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy *

Santa Chiara, Rimini Santa Chiara also known as the '' Santuario Madonna della Misericordia'' or ''Sanctuary of the Mater Misericordia'' is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church located in via Santa Chiara #28 in Rimini, Italy. The church is best known for housing a v ...

, a church in Rimini, Italy *

Santa Chiara, Rome Santa Chiara is a church in the rione Pigna, formerly the Campus Martius area of Rome dedicated to Saint Clare of Assisi. It is located at the corner of via Santa Chiara and via di Torre Argentina (where this street becomes via della Rotonda). It ...

, a church in Rome, Italy *

Santa Chiara, Sansepolcro Santa Chiara, formerly ''Sant'Agostino'' is a former, Roman Catholic church located in Piazza Santa Chiara in Sansepolcro, province of Arezzo, region of Tuscany, Italy. The church now hosts cultural events. The artwork of the church has been moved ...

, a former church in Sansepolcro, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy *

Santa Chiara, Treia Santa Chiara is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on Piazza Cervigni in the town of Treia, province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy. History The church of Santa Chiara was assigned to a Capuchin order of nuns. In 1710, the church ...

, a church in Treia, Macerata, Marche, Italy *

Santa Chiara, Turin The Church of Saint Clare () is a Roman Catholic place of worship located in the city of Turin, Italy. History Originally a gothic monastery belonging to the Order of the Poor Clares built in the 13th century, Saint Clare was rebuilt and repu ...

, a church in Turin, Italy *

Santa Chiara, Urbania Santa Chiara is a former Roman Catholic church and convent in the urban center Urbania, region of Marche, Italy. A convent of Clarissan nuns still exists outside of the town. History A Clarissan community was putatively located here by nuns from ...

, a former church and convent in Urbania, Marche, Italy *

Santi Cosma e Damiano, Alcamo Santi Cosma e Damiano (or ''Santa Chiara'') is a Roman Catholic church in Alcamo, in the province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy. This Baroque church was built around 1500 after the plan of Giuseppe Mariani and rebuilt between 1721 and 17 ...

, a church and convent in Alcamo, Trapani, Sicily, Italy, also called ''Chiesa di Santa Chiara''

People

St. 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 Ladies, ...

, founder of the Poor Clares and companion of St. Francis *

St. Clare of Montefalco Clare of Montefalco (Italian: ) (c. 1268 – August 18, 1308), also called Saint Clare of the Cross, was an Augustinian nun and abbess. Before becoming a nun, Clare was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis (Secular). She was canonized by ...

, an Augustinian nun and abbess of the 13th century *

Expressionist Master of Santa Chiara The Expressionist Master of Santa Chiara was an Umbrian painter active between about 1290 and around 1330. He has been identified as one of Giotto's principal followers; some contend that his hand may be identified in a series of frescos attribut ...

(fl. 1290–1330), an Umbrian painter

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