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107 Because Gregory IX was pressuring Clare to accept 104 Regis Armstrong, Clare of Assisi: Early Documents (New York, NY: New City Press, 2006), 408. See also Regis Armstrong, “Clare of Assisi, the Poor Ladies and their Ecclesial Mission in the First Life of Thomas of Celano,” Laurentianum 32 (1991): 104–45. 105 Jacques Dalarun, Francis of Assisi and the Feminine (St. Bonaventure, NY: The Franciscan Institute, 2006), 196–98. 106 LegCl 10. 107 Maria Pia Alberzoni, “San Damiano nel 1228: Contributo alla questione clariana,” CF 67 (1997): 470–76.
Certain sisters also tried wearing these hair shirts but, when they were unable to endure them, Clare willingly extended kindness to them. 34 According to Sister Cecilia, after Clare had heard that certain brothers had been martyred in Morocco, she desired to go there and endure martyrdom for love of the Lord. Perhaps remembering her fear that Clare might leave them, Cecilia wept as she recounted this story. All this happened, Cecilia stated, before Clare became ill. 36 Clare’s Presence with Her Sisters Clare’s canonization process is a testimony to the S.
Angelo di Panzo see Francesco Santucci, “S. Angelo di Panzo presso Assisi,” Atti Accademia Properziana del Subasio a Assisi, 13 (1986): 83–112. 125 Fortini, Nova vita, vol. III: 594–96. 126 BF I:258. 127 Letizia Ermini Pani, Maria Grazia Fichera, Maria Letizia Mancinelli, Indagini archeologiche nella chiesa di S. 128 Was the cutting of Clare’s hair a liturgical gesture? Did it signify Clare’s entrance into religious life? 129 One way for a medieval woman to emancipate herself from familial demands regarding marriage was to cut her hair and wear a penitential garb.
