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St. Clare of Assisi

CONTENTS LETTERS OF APPROVAL - v TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE - vii INTRODUCTION - xi II. A PREDESTINED SOUL (1194-1212) - 6 III. VOCATION (1212) - 13 IV. THE BRIDE OF CHRIST (1212) - 18 V. TRIALS - 23 VI. RECONCILIATION - 29 VII. FOUNDATION OF ST. DAMIAN'S (1212) - 32 VIII. HER FIRST COMPANIONS - 37 IX. THE ABBESS (1215) - 44 X. CONFERENCES - 51 XI. ST. FRANCIS'S COADJUTRIX - 59 XII. THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE - 65 XIII. THE CLOISTRAL LIFE - 71 XIV. THE ACTIVE LIFE IN ITALY - 79 XV. PROGRESS OF THE ORDER - 88 XVI. AN UNPRECEDENTED STRUGGLE - 94 XVII. PARTIAL VICTORY (1228) - 103 XVIII. THE FRANCISCAN IDEA - 110 XIX. FRANCIS AND CLARE - 117 XX. FAREWELLS - 127 XXI. HER CORRESPONDENCE - 137 XXII. HER LAST LETTERS - 148 XXIII. THE WONDER-WORKER - 159 XXIV. THE LIBEBATRIX OF ASSISI - 166 XXV. THE SAINT - 172 XXVI. THE ECSTATIC - 180 XXVII. DEFINITE TRIUMPH (125O-1253) - 188 XXVIII. DEATH AND OBSEQUIES (1253) - 197 XXIX. CANONIZATION (1255) - 203 XXX. DISCOVERY OF THE SHRINE (1850) - 210 XXXI. VISCISSITUDES AND GROWTH OF THE ORDER - 216 APPENDIX : TESTAMENT OF ST. CLARE - 223 BLESSING OF ST. CLARE - 229 BULL OF CANONIZATION - 230 SAINTS AND BEATAE OF THE SECOND ORDER - 238 CAUSES INTRODUCED - 238

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