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Bonaventure


Born
Bagnoregio, Latium, Italy
Died
June 24, 1274

Genre
Religion & Spirituality, History, Catholicism


Bonaventure (b. 1221 as John of Fidanza) was an Italian medieval scholastic theologian and philosopher, the eighth Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor. He was a Cardinal Bishop of Albano. He was canonized on 14 April 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV and declared a Doctor of the Church in the year 1588 by Pope Sixtus V. He is known as the "Seraphic Doctor" (Latin: "Doctor Seraphicus"). Many writings believed in the Middle Ages to be his are now collected under the name Pseudo-Bonaventura. ...more

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The Journey of the Mind to God
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The Life of St. Francis
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Bonaventure: The Soul's Jou...
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4.26 avg rating — 368 ratings — published 1978 — 9 editions
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St. Bonaventure's on the Re...
4.31 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions
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Holiness of Life
4.45 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2008 — 34 editions
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The Seven Last Words of Christ
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Breviloquium
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Mirror of the Blessed Virgi...
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Works of Bonaventure: Journ...
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The Psalter of the Blessed ...
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“To know much and taste nothing-of what use is that?”
― St. Bonaventure
tags: catholicism, christianity, inspirational, knowledge, life, religion, spirituality
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“In things of beauty, he contemplated the One who is supremely beautiful, and, led by the footprints he found in creatures, he followed the Beloved everywhere”
― St. Bonaventure
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“Since happiness is nothing else than the enjoyment of the Supreme Good, and the Supreme Good is above us, no one can enjoy happiness unless he rises above himself.”
― Saint Bonaventure, The Journey of the Mind into God
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