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Jul 11, 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).
6 days ago · 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.
St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Feast day-July 15) St. Bonaventure, known as 'the seraphic doctor,' was born at Bagnoregio, in the Lazio region of central Italy, in 1221. He received the name of Bonaventure in consequence of an exclamation of St. Francis of Assisi, when, in ...
Jul 14, 2023 · On July 15, the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Bonaventure, who is one of my absolute favorite saints and theologians. I would like to reflect on my personal background with St. Bonaventure as well as offer some information about his life, work, and influence.
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 University is a private Franciscan university in St. Bonaventure, New York. It has 2,381 undergraduate and graduate students. The Franciscans established the university in 1858. In athletics, the St. Bonaventure Bonnies play National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I sports in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
Saint Bonaventure, (born 1217, Bagnoregio, Papal States—died July 15, 1274, Lyon; canonized April 14, 1482; feast day July 15), Italian medieval theologian, cardinal, and minister general of the Franciscans.
St. Bonaventure University, the nation’s first Franciscan university, transforms students’ lives in and out of the classroom, inspiring in them a lifelong commitment to service and citizenship.
6 days ago · Today is the Memorial of St. Bonaventure (1221-1274), who was born in Italy in 1221. He joined the Franciscan Order and went to Paris for his studies. He was made General of his Order and deserves ...
Bonaventure was formally canonised in 1482 by the Franciscan Pope Sixtus IV, and ranked along with Thomas Aquinas as the greatest of the Doctors of the Church by another Franciscan, Pope Sixtus V, in 1587. Bonaventure was regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of the Middle Ages. [17]
