Thought of the Week

St. Bonaventure

“When we pray, the voice of the heart must be heard more than that proceeding from the mouth.”

—St. Bonaventure

St. Bonaventure (1221-1274) was an Italian medieval scholastic theologian and philosopher, the eighth Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor. He was a Cardinal Bishop of Albano. He was canonized on 14 April 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV and declared a Doctor of the Church in the year 1588 by Pope Sixtus V. He is known as the "Seraphic Doctor".
 

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