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St. Clare of Assisi
The eldest daughter of a wealthy Assisi family who left it to follow Francis, cofounded the Poor Clares, and was first abbess of San Damiano.
Feast August 11 · Assisi, Italy
St. Maximilian Kolbe
He built a publishing operation that reached a million readers, sheltered refugees and Jews when the Nazis came, and at Auschwitz stepped out of the line to die in another man's place.
Feast August 14 · Poland
St. Rose of Lima
Born Isabel Flores de Oliva in colonial Lima, a Dominican tertiary who lived in severe penance in her parents' garden and became the first canonized saint of the Americas.
Feast August 23 · Peru