Saint Bonaventure
Fr. Laurence Costelloe
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St. Bonaventure (1221 -1274), born Giovanni di Fidanza, was an Italian medieval Franciscan, scholastic theologian and philosopher. The seventh Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, he was also Cardinal Bishop of Albano. He was canonised 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" (Adapted from Wikipedia) (3 hr 28 min)
Chapters
| Foreword | 3:40 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Childhood and Youth | 9:49 | Read by Shauna Campbell |
| Sanctity and Learning | 14:09 | Read by Shauna Campbell |
| The Mendicant Orders Assailed | 11:28 | Read by John |
| The Mendicants Vindicated | 12:33 | Read by John |
| Minister-General | 12:27 | Read by David E. MacDonald |
| Discipline and Observance | 12:58 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Incidents of Administration | 17:18 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| St. Francis' Biographer | 14:14 | Read by John |
| Interior Spirit | 12:39 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Love of God | 12:21 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Archbishopric of York | 12:09 | Read by Joanne Turner |
| Miscellaneous Anecdotes of the Saint | 17:49 | Read by Joanne Turner |
| The Cardinalate | 13:04 | Read by Joanne Turner |
| Death | 17:06 | Read by Joanne Turner |
| Canonization | 14:58 | Read by Joanne Turner |