Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Clare of Rimini, Blessed (Chiara Agolanti) (1282 -1346 ) Matron, Poor Clare, born Rimini, Italy ; died there. Having led a dissipated life, she repented, and as a Franciscan tertiary resolved to expiate her sins by penance. Later she became a Poor Clare and superioress at Rimini. Beatified, 1784 . Buried in cathedral of Rimini. … Continue reading “Clare of Rimini, Blessed”

Clare of Montefalco, Saint (Latin: clarus, famous) Virgin, born Montefalco, Italy , c.1268; died there, 1308. She was probably a secular Franciscan tertiary in her youth and later a nun in the Third Order of Saint Augustine. She became Abbess of Santa Croce, 1295 . Her life was remarkable for her devotion to the Passion … Continue reading “Clare of Montefalco, Saint”

Clare of Assisi, Saint (Latin: clarus, famous) (1194 -1253 ) Virgin, cofoundress with Saint Francis of Assisi of the Poor Clares, born Assisi, Italy ; died there. A daughter of Blessed Ortolana, and endowed from early childhood with the rarest virtues, she was won over by Saint Francis to the service of Christ, pronouncing her … Continue reading “Clare of Assisi, Saint”

Clare, John an English Baptist minister, was born at Ashton, Berkshire, in 1776. He was educated among the Independents, but joined the Baptists when between eighteen and nineteen years of age; and having already written short sermons as ” an amusement and an exercise,” he now frequently “exercised his gifts” in some of the leading … Continue reading “Clare, John”

Clara, Or Clare a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, was born at Assisi, Italy, 1193, of a noble family. She abandoned her home in 1212, and was received by Francis of Assisi, who cut off her hair, and replaced her fine clothing by a piece of sackcloth tied about her with a cord. Her … Continue reading “Clara, Or Clare”

Clara SEE ABRAHAM SANCTA CLARA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Clapson, Richard an English Congregational minister; was born at Maidstone, Sept. 2, 1794. He joined the Church in early manhood; received his ministerial training at Hackney College, and settled at Exmouth, where he continued during life, and died May 17, 1865. Much of his usefulness at Exmouth is traceable to the pledge he took and … Continue reading “Clapson, Richard”

Clapperton, John (1) a Scotch clergyman, was appointed, in 1570, the first minister of the Reformed faith at Livingston, and was transferred to Hutton in 1571 as the first Protestant minister at that place. He was a member of the convention at Leith in 1572. In 1574 three other places were added to his charge. … Continue reading “Clapperton, John (3)”

clappe Wooden rattle, anciently used to summon the faithful to church on the last three days of Holy Week when the church bells were silent, and still used in religious houses. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Clapp, William Thompson a Congregational minister, was born at Hudson, O., April 12, 1838. In the winter of 1853-4 he was converted; in 1857 graduated at the Western Reserve College, and in 1862 at Union Theological Seminary, N. Y. The next year he remained at home, in Hudson, studying, and preaching in the Presbyterian Church … Continue reading “Clapp, William Thompson”