Saint Bonaventure

by Fr. Laurence Costelloe

Biography & Autobiography Christianity - Biographies

16 chapters3h 28mEnglish1911

About this book

St. Bonaventure (1221 -1274), born Giovanni di Fidanza, was an Italian medieval Franciscan, scholastic theologian and philosopher. The seventh Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, he was also Cardinal Bishop of Albano. He was canonised 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" (Adapted from Wikipedia)

Chapters (15)

1Childhood and Youth

589

2Sanctity and Learning

849

3The Mendicant Orders Assailed

688

4The Mendicants Vindicated

753

5Minister-General

747

6Discipline and Observance

778

7Incidents of Administration

1038

8St. Francis' Biographer

854

9Interior Spirit

759

10Love of God

741

11The Archbishopric of York

729

12Miscellaneous Anecdotes of the Saint

1069

13The Cardinalate

784

14Death

1026

15Canonization

898

Saint Bonaventure

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Chapters (15)

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