The Italian theologian and philosopher St. Bonaventure (1217-1274) was very influential in the development of scholasticism in medieval thought. The quarter century from 1250 to 1275 has a particular character in the history of medieval thought. In...

The thirteenth century can be characterized as the century of grand intellectual syntheses, and the thought of Saint Bonaventure stands out as a philosophical and theological synthesis equal to that of Thomas Aquinas. One a Franciscan and the other a...

(John of Fidanza; ca. 1217–74). Bonaventure was born in Bagnoregio, near Viterbo, and sources say that he fought his well-to-do family to enter the Franciscan order; this he did in Paris, probably in 1243. Legend has it that as a child he was...

Bonaventure, St.(C. 1217–1274) St. Bonaventure, the Italian Scholastic philosopher, was known as the Seraphic Doctor. Bonaventure, whose real name was John of Fidanza, was born in Bagnorea, in Tuscany. After obtaining a master of arts degree at...

BONAVENTURE, religious name of Giovanni di Fidanza (c. 1217–1274), Italian scholastic theologian, minister general of the Friars Minor, cardinal bishop of Albano, doctor of the church, and Christian saint. Information concerning the early life...

Saint Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (Italian: San Bonaventura) (1221 – 15 July 1274), born John of Fidanza (Italian: Giovanni di Fidanza), was the eighth Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly called the Franciscans. He was a medieval...

Bonaventure: Mystical Writings. By Zachary Hayes. New York: Crossroad, 1999. 152 pp. $14.95 (paper). Saint Bonaventure, like his fellow Italian Saint Thomas Aquinas, was for a time a professor at the University of Paris. They both died in the same year, 1274. Like...

St. Bonaventure is punished Associated Press Friday, February 20, 2004 St. Bonaventure's men's basketball team was put on three years' probation Thursday and barred from the 2004 NCAA post-season for a player eligibility scandal. Citing "a lack of institutional control,"...

Mark Schmidt was hired as St. Bonaventure's coach Tuesday, leaving the top basketball job at Robert Morris for the challenge of invigorating a program coming off four straight 19-loss seasons.He replaces Anthony Solomon, who was fired last month after going 24-88 in four seasons. Schmidt...

B.J. Raymond and C.J. Anderson each scored a career-high 21 points, and No. 24 Xavier overcame a sluggish performance to get its fifth straight win, 83-68 over St. Bonaventure on Wednesday night.Xavier (13-3, 1-0 Atlantic 10) never trailed, but never got into a flow against...

Explores two different perspectives of viewing the world around us. References the works of St.Bonaventure, Matthew Arnold, and Gerald Manley Hopkins.