Saint Clare is the founder of the female branch of the Franciscans, of the nuns of Saint Clare. Born in Assisi, she was from a noble family, but in her youth decided to distribute her goods amongst the poor and follow Saint Francis. Clare lived closed in the convent of Saint Damian of Assisi as an abbess, loyal to the precepts of his poor rule. Saint Clare was sanctified only two years after her death which occurred in 1253.

Saint Clare dresses with the habit that belong to the Franciscan nuns, with the belt of three knots, and she’s distinguished as an abbess, with her staff and book of the rule of her community. On of her most common attributes is the custody with which she rejected the Saracens of Saint Damian.