This was the day on which the Rule of St. Clare was approved in 1253. Shortly before her death, it is related: She had received Holy Communion at the hands of the Minister Provincial… she raised her eyes towards heaven, and devoutly joined her hands upon her breast, and then said to the Sisters with many tears: "Praise the Lord with me, my daughters; for, on this day, Christ has been pleased to grant me a great favor, which nothing in heaven or on earth can fail to compensate. Himself, the Most High God, I have received, this day, in Holy Communion.