Part of the house where St. Bonaventure was born was converted into a church as early as the first half of the 16th century. It is worth making an effort of imagination and soul, to try to perceive the transcendent and spiritual reflection that characterised Bonaventure’s entire life, sustaining him during his numerous journeys across Europe, by observing the element most visible today: a single iron staircase suspended in the void.
\nSt. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio, born Giovanni Fidanza (Bagnoregio, circa 1217\/1221 – Lyons, 15 July 1274), was a religious man, philosopher and theologian, first bishop, then cardinal and finally Minister General of the Franciscan Order; he occupied a prominent place among the biographers of St. Francis of Assisi, a reputation he still holds today; he taught at the University of Paris and was a friend of St. Thomas Aquinas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Part of the house where St. Bonaventure was born was converted into a church as early as the first half of the 16th century. It is worth making an effort of imagination and soul, to try to perceive the transcendent and spiritual reflection that characterised Bonaventure’s entire life, sustaining him during his numerous journeys across […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":388200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bagnoregio-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n