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Also known as Giovanni di Fidanza, Giovanni Fidanza, Bonaventura, Saint Bonaventure, Saint Bonaventura, Saint Bonaventure O.F.M., Seraphic Doctor, St. Bonaventura

Bonaventure ( ; ; ; born Giovanni di Fidanza; 1221 – 15 July 1274) was an Italian Catholic Franciscan bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher.

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Bonaventure was an Italian Catholic friar and bishop from the 13th century who became a cardinal and made important contributions to theology and philosophy. He matters because he was one of the most influential religious thinkers of his time, helping to shape how the Catholic Church understood and taught its beliefs.

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Quotes

  • Let us not believe that it is enough to read without unction, to speculate without devotion, to investigate without wonder, to observe without joy, to act without godly zeal, to know without love, to understand without humility, to strive without divine grace, or to reflect as a mirror without divinely inspired wisdom.
  • But the soul cannot have any virtue if God is not loved with all the heart; for from that love flows the fulness of all grace, and without it no grace can flow into the soul, nor can it abide in it.
  • The virtue of gratitude is extremely commendable and pleasing in the sight of God, as its opposite is a detestable vice before him. Of which subject, thus speaks St. Bernard: Learn to be thankful for every grace received. Consider diligently the favors heaped upon you, that no gift of God be defrauded of the due return of gratitude and thanksgiving you ought to make, whether the gift be great, middling, or little.
  • For the nearer any one approaches to God, the more he is illuminated, and therefore the more clearly does he see the majesty and mercy of God.
  • ...Though His Passion sufficed for all, yet all would not profit from it, for some would be reprobate, hard-hearted, and impenitent.
  • Christ’s death on the Cross should live in our thoughts and imagination, for frequent thought on the Passion of Christ keeps aflame and brings to intense heat the fires of earnest piety.

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Key facts

Saint.honorific_prefix
Saint
Saint.name
Bonaventure
Saint.birth_name
Giovanni di Fidanza
Saint.birth_date
1221
Saint.feast_day
14 July (1568-1969), 15 July (1969-Present)
Saint.venerated_in
Catholic ChurchChurch of England
Saint.image
François, Claude (dit Frère Luc) - Saint Bonaventure.jpg
Saint.caption
17th-century portrait of Bonaventure by French painter and friar Claude François
Saint.birth_place
Civita di Bagnoregio, Latium, Papal States
Saint.death_place
Lyon, Lyonnais, Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles
Saint.titles
FriarCardinal Bishop of AlbanoDoctor of the ChurchSeraphic DoctorTeacher of the Faith
Saint.canonized_date
April 14 1482
Saint.canonized_place
Rome
Saint.canonized_by
Pope Sixtus IV
Saint.attributes
Cardinal's hat on a bush; ciborium; Holy Communion; cardinal in Franciscan robes, usually reading or writing
Philosopher.embed
yes
Philosopher.region
Western philosophy
Philosopher.era
Medieval philosophy

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birth name
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name in native language
Bonaventura
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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Bonaventure, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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  • Theology and works
  • Writings
  • Philosophy
  • Theology
  • Canonisation
  • Places, churches, and schools named in his honour
  • Europe
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  • United States
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  • Southern Asia
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Bonaventure ( ; ; ; born Giovanni di Fidanza; 1221&nbsp;– 15 July 1274) was an Italian Catholic Franciscan bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher.

The seventh Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, he also served for a time as Bishop of Albano. He was canonised on 14 April 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV. In 1588 Pope Sixtus V declared him a Doctor of the Church named as the "Seraphic Doctor" (). His feast day is 15 July.

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