Overview

• Celebrations center on Santa Clara de Asís as founder of the Order of the Poor Ladies and patroness of television and communications.
• Clara remains the only woman to draft a religious rule for women and was canonized by Pope Alexander IV two years after her death.
• August 11 commemorations also honor San Alejandro Carbonero (3rd-century martyr bishop), San Casiano de Benevento (4th-century bishop), San Equicio de Valeria (6th-century abbot) and San Gaugerico de Cambrai (7th-century bishop).
• Outlets such as LA Gaceta, El Norte de Castilla and La Nación continue a centuries-old santoral tradition that informs onomastic customs in Spanish-speaking communities.
• La Nación’s prayer guide recounts Clara’s recorded miracles and her 1958 declaration as patron saint of television, underscoring her enduring devotional influence.