Clarissen

Clarissen or 'Tweede Orde van Franciscus', female order, founded by St Clara, disciple of St. Franciscus, ca second quarter 13th century. Several kinds of Clarissen can be discerned:

	Rijke Claren or Urbanisten, following the rule formulated by Pope Urbanus IV in 1263; their monasteries were allowed to own properties, in contrast to the ideas of St Clara herself
	Clarissae or 'ghereformeerde clarissen', observing either the rule of pope Urbanus IV or the rule of St Clara, and in addition comments of Johannes of Capistrania of 1445
	Clarissen-Coletinen, Clarissae pauperes or Arme Claren, observing the rule of Clara with the consuetudines of Coleta (since the 15th century)
	Capucinessen

Rijke Claren (Urbanisten)

	Brussel, Claraklooster
	Dordrecht, Rijke Claren-klooster
	's Hertogenbosch, Rijke Claren-klooster

Literature

Clara (1193-1253) in de Nederlanden (Uden 1994). Publication, accompanying the exhibition in the Museum voor Religieuze Kunst Uden, 24 April - 26 June 1994 (see espec. Het Brabantse Umbrië, pp. 44-50; see for the Clarissenkloosters in the northern Low Countries p. 65).

Unidentified manuscripts

	B-LVgbib Mechelen 195, antiphoner, 16th century
	NL-Uu 427, Franciscan or Clarissen breviary; 2nd half 15th century