Bonaventure
Life and witness
Roman Martyrology (traditional English edition; normalized OCR transcription): At Lyons, the deposition of St. Bonaventure, cardinal, bishop of Alba, confessor, and doctor of the church, of the order of the Minorites, much renowned for his learning, and holiness of life.
Biographical overview
Bonaventure (born Giovanni di Fidanza; 1221 – 15 July 1274) was an Italian Catholic Franciscan bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher. The seventh Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, he also served for a time as Bishop of Albano. He was canonised on 14 April 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV. In 1588 Pope Sixtus V declared him a Doctor of the Church named as the "Seraphic Doctor" (Latin: Doctor Seraphicus). His feast day is 15 July. Many writings from the Middle Ages once attributed to him have been subsequently re-classified under the name "Pseudo-Bonaventure".
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Lugduni, in Gallia, depositio sancti Bonaventurae, Cardinalis et Episcopi Albanensis, Confessoris et Ecclesiae Doctoris, ex Ordine Minorum, doctrina et vitae sanctitate celeberrimi. Ipsius tamen festivitas pridie hujus diei recolitur.