Colettine Poor Clares (O.S.C. Col.)

Also known as: Clarisas coletinas (español) / Clarisse colettine (Italiano) / Clarissen-coletinen (Nederlands) / Ordo Sanctæ Claræ reformationis ab Coleta (latine)

Type: Religious Order or Institute with independent houses of Pontifical Right (for Women)

Depends on: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

History

1410: Established as Colettine Poor Clares (English) / Clarisas coletinas (español) / Clarisse colettine (Italiano) / Clarissen-coletinen (Nederlands) / Ordo Sanctæ Claræ reformationis ab Coleta (latine) / O.S.C. Col.

Founder

Founder:

Saint Abbess Colette de Corbie Boilet (Nicolette), O.S.C. Col. (1410)

Saints (1)

1447: Saint Colette de Corbie (Nicolette Boilet), abbess

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Houses: 42

Members: 456

Last updated on 2026.02.24

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