Clare accepts role as Abbess of San Damiano. 1215-16 Pope Innocent III grants Clare the Privilege of Poverty. Cardinal Hugolino arrives in Tuscany as Papal legate. 1219 Cardinal Hugolino issues a Rule based on Benedict, but not including Privilege of Poverty or ministry by Friars Minor. Agnes is sent as Abbess to Monticello near Florence.
Tradition states the first foundation in France at Reims.
The beginning of Clare's illness, Francis receives stigmata. On October 4th the body of Francis is brought to Damiano. 1228 Gregory IX restores the Privilege of Poverty and ministry by Friars Minor. Already at least 24 communities are founded in Italy. 1230 St. Agnes, the daughter of the King of Bohemia founds a monastery in Prague.