PHILOSOPHER

Bonaventure

1221 - 1274

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Bonaventure ( BON-ə-ven-chər, -⁠VEN-; Italian: Bonaventura da Bagnoregio [ˌbɔnavenˈtuːra da (b)baɲɲoˈrɛːdʒo]; Latin: Bonaventura de Balneoregio; 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 and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1588 by Pope Sixtus V, becoming known as the "Seraphic Doctor" (Latin: Doctor Seraphicus). His feast day is 15 July. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bonaventure is the 120th most popular philosopher (up from 125th in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from Italy (down from 299th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Italian Philosopher.

Bonaventure is most famous for his writings on the soul. He was a Franciscan monk who wrote a book called The Soul's Journey into God.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Bonaventure ranks 120 out of 1,267. Before him are Gilles Deleuze, Meister Eckhart, Padmasambhava, Tertullian, William of Ockham, and Ibn Taymiyyah. After him are Henri de Saint-Simon, Emmanuel Levinas, Ramon Llull, Willard Van Orman Quine, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Marsilio Ficino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1221, Bonaventure ranks 1. After him are Theodore II Laskaris, Alfonso X of Castile, Margaret of Provence, Al-Adil II, Qara Hülegü, Yesü Möngke, and Salimbene di Adam. Among people deceased in 1274, Bonaventure ranks 2. Before him is Thomas Aquinas. After him are Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Robert de Sorbon, Henry I of Navarre, Wonjong of Goryeo, Emperor Duzong, Prince Munetaka, and Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bonaventure ranks 310 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Gregory II (669), Pope Agatho (574), Bronzino (1503), Pope Julius I (300), Pope Boniface VI (800), and Denis (210). After him are Pope John II (470), Saint Cecilia (200), Pope Soter (120), Torquato Tasso (1544), Pope Leo II (611), and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Bonaventure ranks 12. Before him are Empedocles (-490), Zeno of Elea (-490), Antonio Gramsci (1891), Pliny the Elder (23), Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463), and Boethius (480). After him are Marsilio Ficino (1433), Giambattista Vico (1668), Tommaso Campanella (1568), Cesare Beccaria (1738), Alcmaeon of Croton (-510), and Hippasus (-600).

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