Saint · Feast 15 July
Saint Bonaventure
Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church. The feast day is 15 July, kept as a memorial in the General Roman Calendar.
- Feast
- 15 July · Memorial
- Remembered as
- Bishop and Doctor of the Church
- Title
- Doctor of the Church
- Patron of
- Buenaventura
The life
Doctor of the Church, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, Minister General of the Friars Minor, born at Bagnorea in the vicinity of Viterbo in 1221; died at Lyons, 16 July, 1274.
From the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), article “St. Bonaventure”, in the public domain. Some details may since have been revised by later research. Read the whole article on Wikisource.
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