THE REBEL SAINTS Clare of Assisi & Agnes of Bohemia
When 18-year-old Clare fled her family to become the world’s first Franciscan nun, she committed to a lifetime of poverty, austerity, and caring for the poor. So when a powerful man tried to rewrite all the rules, Clare was faced with an impossible choice – defy the Pope or deny her own conscience. Then Princess-turned-Abbess Agnes of Bohemia heard of Clare’s struggle, and she too joined the fray – two nuns against the patriarchy in …