A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 96
casion, when the Saracens, to wliom Frederick hadgiven the fortress of Nocera, came to ravage her convent of San Da-miano, she arose from her bed where she had so long been confined,and placing the Pyx which contained the Host upon the thresholdshe kneeled down and began to sing, when the infidels… … (Portrait at Assisi). St. Clara. I TIIJSTRJTTJJ) TN ART. 79 trance, believing herself called to heaven by angelic voices. Hersister Agnes succeeded her as abbess. When the nuns removed fromSan Damiano to San Giorgio they bore her remains with them. Thiais now the Church of Santa Chiara d* Assisi,…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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