Clare came from a wealthy family, but was fascinated by a man of poverty, Francis of Assisi. Against her family's wishes, she left the life of prosperity for one of poverty, owning only rags to wear, in a Benedictine convent. Clare was later joined by one of her sisters, Agnes, as a Franciscan nun, followed shortly thereafter by her widowed mother and other women previously of well-to-do families. The order she established was called "The Poor Clares." One day, when she was near death and was unable to attend a Chapel Mass, she turned in the direction of the Chapel. There, suddenly, the wall between her and Chapel vanished and she was able to both view the Mass and participate. For this reason, she is the patroness of TV.