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Santa Clara de Asís escapes home to follow San Francisco de Asís

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Santa Clara de Asís was born in 1194 to a noble family in Italy. She rejected worldly vanity and riches, opting for a life of prayer and devotion. She escaped her home in 1212 to consecrate herself to God, inspired by San Francisco de Asís.

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