A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 95
asion, when the Saracens, to whom 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 tlie infidels… … ILLUSTRATED IN ART. 79 trance, believing herself called to heaven hy angelic voices. Hersister Agnes succeeded her as abbess. When the nuns reuioved fromSan Daiiilano to San Giorgio they bore her remains with them. Thisis now the Church of Santa Chiara d Assisi, and is the most famousone of her…
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