Festa del Voto di Santa Chiara

The 2025 edition of the Festa del Voto di Santa Chiara confirmed the centuries-old rite that binds Assisi to its saint. At dawn, the sound of the *chiarine* and the tolling of bells recalled the liberation of the city from the Saracen assault of 1241, attributed to the intercession of Saint Clare.

In the evening, the civil and religious procession crossed the historic centre, starting from the Cathedral of San Rufino and passing by the Basilica of Santa Chiara and the Sanctuary of San Damiano. In Piazza del Comune, the mayor read the historic ordinance and renewed the vow of 1644, in the presence of the bishop, the Poor Clares, and the Friars Minor, in a gesture that reaffirms the identity of the city of Clare and Francis each year.