Let us not believe that it is enough to read without unction, to speculate without devotion, to investigate without wonder, to observe without joy, t… - Bonaventure
" "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.
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About Bonaventure
Saint Bonaventure (b.1221, d.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". Many writings believed in the Middle Ages to be his are now collected under the name Pseudo-Bonaventure.
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Bonaventura
Alternative Names:
Giovanni di Fidanza
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Giovanni Fidanza
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Saint Bonaventure
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Saint Bonaventura
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Saint Bonaventure O.F.M.
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Seraphic Doctor
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St. Bonaventura
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shën Bonaventura da Bagnoregio
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