In AD 1221, one of the Church\'s greatest saints was born in Bagnorea, Italy.
He was a beloved friend, biographer, and correspondent of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, who esteemed his writings very highly..
He became a monk at a Benedictine monastery in the diocese of Chartreuse, France, and was elected abbot there in due course.
In 1156, Arnold of Bonneval was born in France.
Today the Church celebrates this Doctor of the Church\'s feast day on July 15.
He died on July 15, 1274.
Because of his writings, life, and teachings, he is referred to as the Seraphic Doctor, for he sought to love Christ as the Seraphim do.
In 1257, he was elected as the seventh Minister General for the order, and later he was elected Cardinal-Bishop of Albano.
He laboriously copied the entire Scriptures with his own hand, not once only, but twice, and thereby committed virtually all of it to his capacious memory.
Bonaventure excelled in all his studies, including Latin, philosophy, theology and rhetoric.
At the age of twenty-two, he entered the Order of Friars Minor, following in the footsteps of Saint Francis.
As a young child, Saint Bonaventure was healed from a dangerous illness through the intercession of Saint Francis of Assisi.
He was born only four years before his friend, Saint Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor, another one of the Church\'s greatest saints.
His baptismal name was John, but we know him by his religious name, Saint Bonaventure, which means Good Things to Come.
In AD 1221, one of the Church\'s greatest saints was born in Bagnorea, Italy
