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Buenaventura Fortuna
Buenaventura (Spanish, 'good fortune', and the name of Saint Bonaventure) or Buena Ventura may refer to: People *Buenaventura Báez (1812-1884), president of the Dominican Republic for five terms *Buenaventura Bagaria (1882–1947), a Spanish sports shooter *Buenaventura Carlos Aribau (1798–1862), a Spanish economist, writer and politician *Buenaventura Cousiño Jorquera (1808–1855), a Chilean politician *Buenaventura de Abarzuza y Ferrer (1843–1910), a Spanish diplomat * Buenaventura Durruti (1896–1936), a Spanish anarchist and hero of the Spanish Civil War *Buenaventura Ferreira (born 1960), a Paraguayan footballer *Buenaventura Fernández de Córdoba Spínola (1724–1777), a Spanish aristocrat and priest *Buenaventura García de Paredes (1866–1936), a Dominican priest *Buenaventura Marcó del Pont (1738–1818), a Spanish businessman *Buenaventura S. Medina Jr. (born 1928), a Filipino author *Buenaventura Rodriguez (1893–1940), Filipino playwright and politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonaventure
Bonaventure ( ; it, Bonaventura ; la, Bonaventura de Balneoregio; 1221 – 15 July 1274), born Giovanni di Fidanza, 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. He is known as the "Seraphic Doctor" ( la, Doctor Seraphicus). His feast day is 15 July. Many writings believed in the Middle Ages to be his are now collected under the name Pseudo-Bonaventure. Life He was born at Civita di Bagnoregio, not far from Viterbo, then part of the Papal States. Almost nothing is known of his childhood, other than the names of his parents, Giovanni di Fidanza and Maria di Ritella. Bonaventure reports that in his youth he was saved from an untimely death by the prayers of Francis of Assisi, which is the primary mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
