Introduction

Biography

Bonaventura was the son of Gio­van­ni di Fi­dan­za and Ma­ria Ri­tel­la.

He joined the Or­der of Fri­ars Mi­nor around 1240. He was sent to Pa­ris to stu­dy un­der Al­ex­an­der of Hales, and be­came a li­cen­ti­ate in 1248.

He taught at the uni­ver­si­ty un­til 1256. In 1257, he was elect­ed Min­is­ter Ge­ne­ral of the Fri­ars Min­or.

He is known for his bi­og­ra­phy of Fran­cis of As­si­si, and was can­on­ized by the Ca­tho­lic church.