Saint Bonaventure

Saint Bonaventure

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  • Description / Title of the Saint : Cardinal Bishop of Albano

Saint Bonaventure

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  • Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Bonaventure: July 14
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Cardinal Bishop of Albano
  • Date of Death: Saint Bonaventure died 1274
 
 

The Story and History of Saint Bonaventure
The story and history of Saint Bonaventure. Sanctity and learning raised Bonaventure to the Church's highest honors, and from a child he was the companion of Saints. Yet at heart he was ever the poor Franciscan friar, and practised and taught humility and mortification. St. Francis gave him his name; for, having miraculously cured him of a mortal sickness, he prophetically exclaimed of the child, "O bona ventura!" - good luck. He is known also as the "Seraphic Doctor," from the fervor of divine love which breathes in his writings. He was the friend of St. Thomas Aquinas, who asked him one day whence he drew his great learning. He replied by pointing to his crucifix. At another time St. Thomas found him in ecstasy while writing the life of St. Francis, and exclaimed, "Let us leave a Saint to write of a Saint." They received the Doctor's cap together. He was the guest and adviser of St. Louis, and the director of St. Isabella, the king's sister. At the age of thirty-five he was made general of his Order; and only escaped another dignity, the Archbishopric of York, by dint of tears and entreaties. Gregory X. appointed him Cardinal Bishop of Albano. When the Saint heard of the Pope's resolve to create him a Cardinal, he quietly made his escape from Italy. But Gregory sent him a summons to return to Rome. On his way, he stopped to rest himself at a convent of his Order near Florence; and there two Papal messengers, sent to meet him with the Cardinal's hat, found him washing the dishes. The Saint desired them to hang the hat on a bush that was near, and take a walk in the garden until he had finished what he was about. Then taking up the hat with unfeigned sorrow, he joined the messengers, and paid them the respect due to their character. He sat at the Pontiff's right hand, and spoke first at the Council of Lyons. His piety and eloquence won over the Greeks to Catholic union, and then his strength failed. He died while the Council was sitting, and was buried by the assembled bishops, A. D. 1274.

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Feast Day of Saint Bonaventure
The Feast Day of Saint Bonaventure is July 14. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven.

 

Saint Bonaventure

  • Short, concise biography of Saint Bonaventure
  • History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information
  • Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Bonaventure
  • Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint Bonaventure - July 14
  • History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
  • Date of Death: 1274
  • Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Bonaventure
  • Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Cardinal Bishop of Albano
 
 

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