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On August 15, 1255, Pope Alexander IV canonized Clare as St. Clare of Assisi. In 1263, Pope Urban IV officially changed the name of the Order of Poor Ladies to the "Order of Saint Clare." On February 17, 1958, Pope Pius XII designated her as the patron saint of television, on the basis that, when she was too ill to attend a Mass, she had been miraculously able to see and hear it on the wall of her room.

On February 17, 2009, St. Clare's Day, Congress has chosen this to be the date to end analog television.

The items below are a true image and representation of St. Clare, the Patron Saint of Television. It was created in spirit at the Media Teaching Labs and the Media Services Dept., University of California, San Diego, in celebration of Sherman George, Director of the Media Center, for his 30th retirement party celebration.