Feast of St. Elizabeth of Hungary. She is one of the patrons of the Third Order (Secular) of St. Francis. In the breviary of Saint Clare, the Office for the feast of St. Elizabeth has been added to the breviary. She was canonized shortly after her death in 1231. The oldest Poor Clare monastery in German speaking territory was in Brixen in south Tyrol, now part of northern Italy. The church of the nuns was the first one dedicated to St. Elizabeth of Thuringia, newly canonized, 1235. There is a tradition there that St. Clare sent the sisters a branch of a pear tree which was propagated, and they say its offspring still bears fruit. The sisters sent cuts from the tree to other monasteries. November 17, 1999 - On the cover of the Journal of American Medical Association - (vol 282, No. 19) – there was, surprisingly, a picture of the death of St. Clare, painted in the 15th century. It is found in the National Gallery of Art and the painting is by the “Master of Helligenkreuz,” an anonymous painter who was active in the early 15th century. His works are recognizable from the long, spidery fingers, elongated figures, lack of perspective, and glowing colors, especially reds.