Bonaventure


Bonaventure

17th-century portrait of Bonaventure by French painter and friar Claude François
Friar
Cardinal Bishop of Albano
Doctor of the Church
Seraphic Doctor
Teacher of the Faith
BornGiovanni di Fidanza
1221
Civita di Bagnoregio, Latium, Papal States
Died15 July 1274(1274-07-15) (aged 52–53)
Lyon, Lyonnais, Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles
Venerated inCatholic Church
Church of England
Canonized14 April 1482, Rome by Pope Sixtus IV
Feast15 July, Some are celebrated every 14th of July
AttributesCardinal's hat on a bush; ciborium; Holy Communion; cardinal in Franciscan robes, usually reading or writing

Philosophy career
Other namesDoctor Seraphicus ("Seraphic Doctor")
Alma materUniversity of Paris
EraMedieval philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolScholasticism
Augustinianism
Neoplatonism[1][2]
Philosophical realism
Medieval realism (moderate realism)
InstitutionsUniversity of Paris
Main interests
Metaphysics
Notable ideas
Bonaventure's version of Anselm of Canterbury's ontological argument
Exemplarism
Illuminationism
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionCatholicism
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Offices held
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Ordination history
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated byPope Gregory X
Date11 November 1273
PlaceLyon, Archdiocese of Lyon, France
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Gregory X
Date3 June 1273
Source(s):[5]
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Bonaventure OFM (/ˈbɒnəvɛnər, ˌbɒnəˈvɛnər/ BON-ə-ven-chər, -⁠VEN-; Italian: Bonaventura da Bagnoregio [ˌbɔnavenˈtuːra da (b)baɲɲoˈrɛːdʒo]; Latin: Bonaventura de Balneoregio; born Giovanni di Fidanza; 1221 – 15 July 1274[6]) 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 and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1588 by Pope Sixtus V, becoming known as the "Seraphic Doctor" (Latin: Doctor Seraphicus). His feast day is 15 July.

Many writings from the Middle Ages once attributed to him have been subsequently re-classified under the name "Pseudo-Bonaventure".

  1. ^ "Bonaventure on the Neoplatonic Hierarchy of Virtues - Medieval Philosophy". Wilmington For Christ. 17 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Bonaventure (c.1217–74) - Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy". www.rep.routledge.com.
  3. ^ "Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)", Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2006, retrieved 10 November 2017
  4. ^ "Bonaventure - On the Necessity of Being - Introduction". bartholomew.stanford.edu.
  5. ^ "St. Bonaventura (Giovanni) Cardinal [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
  6. ^ M. Walsh, ed. (1991). Butler's Lives of the Saints. New York: HarperCollins. p. 216. ISBN 9780060692995.