Career
She soon fell a prey to the dangers to which her youth and beauty exposed her, and began to lead a life of sinful dissipation. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, one day when she was attending Mass in the church of the Franciscan Friars, she seemed to hear a mysterious voice that bade her say an Our Father and a Hail Mary at least once with fervour and attention. Clare obeyed the command, not knowing from where it came, and then began to reflect upon her life.
She made the decision to enter into the Third Order of Saint Francis, resolving to expiate her sins by a life of penance.
She soon became a model of every virtue, but more especially of charity towards the destitute and afflicted. She is believed to have worked numerous miracles and towards the close of her life to have been favored in an extraordinary manner with the gift of contemplation.
Her body is now in the cathedral of Rimini. In 1782 the cult of Blessed Clare was approved by Pope Pius VI, who permitted her feast to be celebrated in the city and Diocese of Rimini on February 10.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, educated
(1913). "Blessed Clare of Rimini". Catholic Encyclopedia.
New York: Robert Appleton.