She was a Poor Clare nun who was born in 1381. Her special devotions were to the Passion of Our Lord and to the practice of holy poverty. She was a loyal friend of the great Dominican, Saint Vincent Ferrer. Along with him, she was responsible for the end of the Great Western Schism, which lasted from 1378 to 1417.
Detail from Saint Clare of Assisi and Saint Colette (c. 1520), by the Master of Lourinhã (National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon, Portugal). Photo by RickMorais, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
