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Bonaventure OFM ( / ˈbɒnəvɛntʃər, ˌbɒnəˈvɛntʃər / BON-ə-ven-chər, -VEN-; Italian: Bonaventura da Bagnoregio [ˌbɔnavenˈtuːra da (b)baɲɲoˈrɛːdʒo]; Latin: Bonaventura de Balneoregio; born Giovanni di Fidanza; 1221 – 15 July 1274 [6]) was an Italian Catholic Franciscan bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher .
Apr 18, 2024 · Saint Bonaventure ; canonized April 14, 1482; feast day July 15) was a leading medieval theologian, minister general of the Franciscan order, and cardinal bishop of Albano. He wrote several works on the spiritual life and recodified the constitution of his order (1260). He was declared a doctor.
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Jul 15, 2022 · Saint Bonaventure was in many ways the second founder of the Franciscan Order. He served as the Minister General of the Franciscans and as the Cardinal Bishop of Albano. Through his teaching, writing, and mysticism, Bonaventure captured the spirit of Saint Francis and renewed the order accordingly.
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Bonaventure (d. 1274) was a philosopher, a theologian, a prolific author of spiritual treatises, an influential prelate of the Medieval Church, the Minister General of the Franciscan Order, and, later in his life, a Cardinal.
Nov 1, 2005 · Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (b. ca. 1221, d. 15 July 1274) was a Franciscan, a master of philosophy and theology at the University of Paris, Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.), a Bishop and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. During his lifetime he rose to become one of the most prominent men in Latin Christianity.
St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church(Feast day-July 15) St. Bonaventure, known as "the seraphic doctor," was born at Bagnorea in Tuscany, in 1221. He received the name of Bonaventure in consequence of an exclamation of St. Francis of Assisi, when, in response to the pleading of the child's mother, the saint prayed for John's ...
