Pope Pius XII named St. Clare of Assisi (d. 1253) as the patron saint of television owing to the fact that it is reported she once had a vision. Lots of saints, or alleged saints, are named ...

and there’s no statute against picking a subject that didn’t even exist while the saint was alive (for example, Pope Pius XII declared St. Clare the patron saint of television in 1958 ...

Assignment of patron saints also keeps up with technological advances. In 1958, for example, Pope Pius XII named St. Clare of Assisi, who died in the 13th century, the patron saint of television.

Given this, we have an obvious patron saint–St. Clare of Assisi. Who was she? How does her life speak to us today in Silicon Valley, in our daily experience of long commutes, uncertain employment, ...

The new parish community is dedicated to patron saint, St. Clare of Assisi – a woman religious like St. Theresa, and the original female follower of St. Francis — to acknowledge the names of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Each year the annual White Mass is celebrated for the medical community — doctors, nurses and other health-care professionals — and is so named for the traditional ...

and patron saint of Naples, Italy, was repeated in St. Clare Basilica on May 4. The Archdiocese of Naples reported on its website that on May 4 at 6:38 p.m. local time, the miracle of the ...