Bonaventure of Bagnoregio
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Bonaventure of Bagnoregio 🇮🇹

Bonaventura (Known as "Doctor Seraphicus (Seraphic Doctor)")
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Born c. 1221 🇮🇹 Bagnoregio, Papal States
Passed Away Jul 15, 1274 Lyon, Kingdom of France
Lifespan 53 years old
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"If you learn how to seek, ask grace, not learning; desire, not intellect; the prayer of groaning, not the labor of study."

Archival Overview

Franciscan Minister General, Cardinal Bishop, and Doctor of the Church whose 'The Mind's Journey to God' (Itinerarium) synthesized Augustinian theology with mystical Francisan love.

Biographical Record

Bonaventure (1221–1274 CE) studied at the University of Paris alongside Thomas Aquinas, becoming the seventh Minister General of the Franciscan Order in 1257.

He unified a deeply divided Franciscan Order by composing the official Life of Saint Francis, while his Itinerarium Mentis in Deum mapped six spiritual steps by which the human soul ascends through creation to divine rest.

Key Life Milestones

1259

Itinerarium Mentis in Deum Written

Composed his mystical masterpiece on Mount La Verna, mapping the six wings of the Seraph into mystical union.

1274

Leader at the Second Council of Lyon

Engineered the temporary reunion between the Latin and Eastern Orthodox churches before his death during council sessions.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Church of Saint-Bonaventure
Lyon, France
GPS: 45.7633, 4.8367
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