Poor Clares

The Poor Clares, officially the Order of Saint Clare, originally referred to as the Order of Poor Ladies, and also known as the Clarisses or Clarissines, the Minoresses, the Franciscan Clarist Order, and the Second Order of Saint Francis, are members of an enclosed order of nuns in the Catholic Church.
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: Catholic religious order of convent nuns
  • Also known as: “Clarisse”, “Clarisses”, “Monastère Sainte-Claire”, “O.S.C.”, “Order of Clare”, “OSC”, “OSCl”, and “Poor Clare Sisters”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Notre-Dame du Haut and Bourlémont.

Work of art
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is a Roman Catholic in , . Built in 1955, it is one of the finest examples of the architecture of French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier.

Peak
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is a hill located in , , eastern France with an elevation of 474 m above sea level. It is located in the Ballons des Vosges Nature Park, and is an area of cultural tourism, given that the chapel of Notre Dame du Haut is located on it.

Railway stop
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is a railway stop, which is situated 640 metres southeast of Poor Clares.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ronchamp and Hamlet of La Houillère.

Village
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is a commune in the department in the region of in eastern . It is located between the Vosges and the Jura mountains.

Hamlet
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The is located in the French communes of and , in the heart of the mining region, in the département of the region. is situated 2½ km east of Poor Clares.

Village
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is a commune in the department in the region of in eastern . is situated 5 km east of Poor Clares.

Poor Clares

Latitude
47.70419° or 47° 42′ 15″ north
Longitude
6.61949° or 6° 37′ 10″ east
Open location code
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Poor Clares” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Klariste”
  • Afrikaans: “O.S.C.”
  • Afrikaans: “OSC”
  • Arabic: “رهبنة القديسة كلارا”
  • Basque: “Klaratar”
  • Basque: “O.S.C.”
  • Basque: “OSC”
  • Basque: “Santa Klara komentua”
  • Belarusian: “кларысінкі”
  • Belarusian: “кларысы”
  • Catalan: “Clarisses”
  • Catalan: “Monges clarisses”
  • Catalan: “O.S.C.”
  • Catalan: “Orde de Germanes Pobres de Santa Clara”
  • Catalan: “Orde de Santa Clara”
  • Catalan: “OSC”
  • Catalan: “Segon Orde de Sant Francesc”
  • Chinese: “貧窮修女會”
  • Chinese: “贫穷修女会”
  • Croatian: “Klarise”
  • Croatian: “O.S.C.”
  • Croatian: “OSC”
  • Croatian: “Sestre franjevke”
  • Croatian: “Sestre klarise”
  • Czech: “Chudé sestry sv. Kláry”
  • Czech: “Chudé sestry svaté Kláry”
  • Czech: “Klarisky”
  • Czech: “O.S.C.”
  • Czech: “OSC”
  • Czech: “Sestry klarisky”
  • Danish: “Clarisserordenen”
  • Danish: “O.S.C.”
  • Dutch: “Arme Claren”
  • Dutch: “Arme Clarissen”
  • Dutch: “Arme klaren”
  • Dutch: “Clarissen”
  • Dutch: “Klarissen”
  • Dutch: “O.S.C.”
  • Dutch: “Orde der Clarissen”
  • Dutch: “Ordo Sanctae Clarae”
  • Dutch: “Rijke Klaren”
  • Dutch: “Urbanisten”
  • Esperanto: “Klaraninaj monaĥinoj”
  • Esperanto: “O.S.C.”
  • Esperanto: “OSC”
  • Finnish: “Klarissalaiset”
  • Finnish: “O.S.C.”
  • Finnish: “OSC”
  • French: “Clarisses”
  • French: “Colettine”
  • French: “Colettines”
  • French: “franciscaines”
  • French: “Les Clarisses”
  • French: “O.S.C.”
  • French: “ordre de Sainte-Claire”
  • French: “Ordre de Sainte-Claire”
  • French: “Ordre des Clarisses”
  • French: “Ordre des Pauvres Dames”
  • French: “Sœurs de sainte Claire”
  • Galician: “clarisas”
  • Galician: “O.S.C.”
  • Galician: “Orde de Santa Clara”
  • Galician: “OSC”
  • German: “Clarissen”
  • German: “Klarisse”
  • German: “Klarissen”
  • German: “Klarissenorden”
  • German: “Klarissin”
  • German: “Klarissinnen”
  • German: “O.S.C.”
  • German: “Ordo Sanctae Clarae”
  • German: “OSC”
  • German: “Seraphischer Orden”
  • German: “Zweiter Orden des Heiligen Franziskus”
  • German: “Zweiter Orden des Hl. Franziskus”
  • Greek: “Τάγμα των Καρμηλιτών”
  • Hebrew: “מסדר הקלאריסות העניות”
  • Hebrew: “מסדר קלרה הקדושה”
  • Hungarian: “klarisszák”
  • Hungarian: “Klarisszák”
  • Hungarian: “O.S.C.”
  • Hungarian: “OSC”
  • Indonesian: “O.S.C.”
  • Indonesian: “Ordo Santa Klara”
  • Indonesian: “OSC”
  • Italian: “Dame povere di Santa Chiara”
  • Italian: “Damianite”
  • Italian: “monache clarisse”
  • Italian: “Monache clarisse”
  • Italian: “O.S.C.”
  • Italian: “Ordine di Santa Chiara”
  • Italian: “OSC”
  • Italian: “Secondo ordine francescano”
  • Italian: “Sorelle Povere di Santa Chiara”
  • Italian: “Suore clarisse”
  • Japanese: “クララ会”
  • Japanese: “クラリス修道会”
  • Japanese: “聖クララ会”
  • Korean: “성 클라라 수도회”
  • Latin: “Clarissae”
  • Latin: “O.S.C.”
  • Latin: “Ordo Sanctae Clarae”
  • Latin: “OSC”
  • Latin: “OSCl”
  • Lithuanian: “Klarisės”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Klarissene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Klarisser”
  • Norwegian: “Klarissene”
  • Polish: “Ubogie Siostry Świętej Klary”
  • Portuguese: “Clarissas”
  • Portuguese: “O.S.C.”
  • Portuguese: “Ordem das Clarissas”
  • Portuguese: “Ordem de santa clara”
  • Portuguese: “Ordem de Santa Clara”
  • Portuguese: “Ordem Segunda Franciscana”
  • Portuguese: “Osc”
  • Portuguese: “OSC”
  • Portuguese: “Segunda Ordem de São Francisco”
  • Portuguese: “Segunda ordem franciscana”
  • Romanian: “Ordinul clariselor”
  • Russian: “OSC”
  • Russian: “Клариссинки”
  • Russian: “Клариссинский женский монашеский орден”
  • Russian: “Клариссы”
  • Russian: “орден святой Клары”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Klarise”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “O.S.C.”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “OSC”
  • Slovak: “Chudobné sestry svätej Kláry”
  • Slovak: “Klarisky”
  • Slovak: “O.S.C.”
  • Slovak: “OSC”
  • Slovak: “Rád svätej Kláry”
  • Slovenian: “Klarise”
  • Slovenian: “O.S.C.”
  • Slovenian: “OSC”
  • Spanish: “Clarisas”
  • Spanish: “O.S.C.”
  • Spanish: “Orden de Hermanas Pobres (Ordo Sanctae Clarae, O.S.C.)”
  • Spanish: “Orden de las Clarisas”
  • Spanish: “Orden de las Hermanas Pobres de Santa Clara”
  • Spanish: “Orden de Santa Clara”
  • Spanish: “OSC”
  • Swahili: “O.S.C.”
  • Swahili: “OSC”
  • Swahili: “Utawa wa Mtakatifu Klara”
  • Swahili: “Waklara”
  • Swedish: “Klarisseorden”
  • Swedish: “Klarissinnorna”
  • Swedish: “Klarissor”
  • Swedish: “O.S.C.”
  • Swedish: “OSC”
  • Swedish: “Sankta Klaras orden”
  • Swiss German: “Klarissen”
  • Swiss German: “O.S.C.”
  • Swiss German: “OSC”
  • Thai: “คณะกลาริส”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Klarissen”
  • Turkish: “Klarisler”
  • Ukrainian: “OSC”
  • Ukrainian: “Кларисинки”
  • Ukrainian: “Клариски”
  • Vietnamese: “Dòng Chị Em Thanh Bần”
  • Vietnamese: “Dòng Nhì”
  • Vietnamese: “OSC”
  • Welsh: “Clariaid Tlodion”
  • Welsh: “O.S.C.”
  • “Ordo Sanctae Clarae”

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