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[[File:Saint-clare-of-assisi-saving-a-child-from-a-wolf--22241.jpg|thumb|Saint Clare intervenes to save a child from a wolf; panel by [[Giovanni di Paolo]], 1455.]]
[[File:Saint-Clare-Vows- Franciscan-Sisters-Christian-Charity-Convent.jpg|alt=Saint Clare of Assisi Window at Holy Family Convent Manitowoc WI|thumb|Saint Clare makes vows into the hands of Saint Francis. Stained glass window in the convent of the Holy family in Manitowoc, Wisconsin]]
Francis placed Clare in the convent of the [[Benedictine]] [[nuns]] of San Paulo, near Bastia. Her father, along with other members of her family, attempted to convince her to return home. At first, they tried to
Finally, when they tried to use force she clung to the altar of the church and threw aside her veil to show her cropped hair.<ref name="Foley">Foley, Leonard, (revised by McCloskey, Pat). [https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-clare-of-assisi/ "Saint Clare of Assisi"], ''Saint of the Day'', Franciscan Media.</ref> It was only after seeing her cropped hair that her family relented and left her in peace.<ref name=":1" /> In order to provide the greater solitude Clare desired, a few days later Francis sent her to Sant' Angelo in Panzo, another monastery of the Benedictine nuns on one of the flanks of Subasio.
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