Bonaventure, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bonaventure

franciscan, bishop, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, catholic saint

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Bagnoregio, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 15-Jul-1274

Profession: writer, Catholic priest, theologian, religious servant, philosopher

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Saint Bonaventure ( BON-?-ven-ch?r, -?VEN-; Italian: Bonaventura [?b?naven'tu?ra]; 1221 – 15 July 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" (Latin: Doctor Seraphicus).
Many writings believed in the Middle Ages to be his are now collected under the name Pseudo-Bonaventure.