title: Santa Chiara a Vigna Clara
text: # Santa Chiara a Vigna Clara
  
  The Church of Saint Clare in Vigna Clara (Italian: Santa Chiara a Vigna Clara, Latin: S. Clarae ad Vineam Claram) is a Catholic titular church in Rome, Italy, built as a parish church by decree of Cardinal Clemente Micara. In 1969 Pope Paul VI granted it a titular church as a seat for Cardinals.
  
  The present Cardinal Priest of the Titulus Sancta Clarae ad Vineam Claram is Vinko Puljić.
  
  ## Architecture
  
  The church is circular, and is based on the structure of the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo. Behind the altar is a series of paintings, which include scenes of the Nativity and the Annunciation, all done by Mariano Villalta.
  
  ## List of Cardinal Priests
  
  * Gordon Joseph Gray (30 April 1969 – 19 July 1993)
  * Vinko Puljić (26 November 1994 – Present)
  