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Bonaventure, St

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Bonaventure, St (c.1217–74), Franciscan theologian. Giovanni di Fidanza probably became a Franciscan in 1243. He taught at Paris. In 1257 he was elected Minister General and he did much to settle internal dissensions in the Order. In 1263 his Life of St Francis was approved as the official biography. In 1273 he was made Cardinal Bp. of Albano.

As a theologian he remained faithful to the tradition derived from St Augustine and had less sympathy with Aristotelian doctrines than did St Thomas Aquinas. In his Itinerarium Mentis in Deum he emphasized the folly of all human reason when compared with the mystical illumination which God sheds on the faithful Christian. His influence as a spiritual writer endured. Feast day 15 (until 1969, 14) July.

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Bonaventura, St

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Bonaventura, St (1221–74), Franciscan theologian; known as the Seraphic Doctor. Appointed minister general of his order in 1257, he was made cardinal bishop of Albano in 1273. His feast day is 15 (formerly 14) July.

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