St. Clare - 12" Italian Plaster, Catholic Saint Statue
$69.95
St. Clare is holding a monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament. This statue is 12 inches tall and made of painted Italian plaster.
St. Clare lived in the 13th century and was a close friend of St. Francis. She founded the Poor Clares, the Franciscan nuns. She is pictured with a monstrance because at one time her convent was in danger from a Saracen army. She went to the gate of the convent and held the Holy Eucharist high. The army retreated and the nuns were saved. She is the patron saint of media, particularly television.
St. Clare lived in the 13th century and was a close friend of St. Francis. She founded the Poor Clares, the Franciscan nuns. She is pictured with a monstrance because at one time her convent was in danger from a Saracen army. She went to the gate of the convent and held the Holy Eucharist high. The army retreated and the nuns were saved. She is the patron saint of media, particularly television.
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- St. Clare is holding a monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament. This statue is 12 inches tall and made of painted Italian plaster.
St. Clare lived in the 13th century and was a close friend of St. Francis. She founded the Poor Clares,
