Bonaventure
Medieval scholastic saint
Bonaventure is a masculine given name of Latin origin meaning "good fortune." It appears most often as a reference to Saint Bonaventure, the thirteenth-century Franciscan theologian and philosopher.
The name attaches to places named for the saint: Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles.
Mendicant order member
- habitSettled regular tendency
- cordFlexible twisted strand
- povertySevere lack of resources
- chastityAbstaining from sexual activity
obedience · seraphic · conventual · friary · novitiate · vows · provincial · tertiary
Provision of light
- TrinityGodhead as three persons
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- AugustineFourth-century church father
- scholasticismRigorous dialectical learning method
Paris · doctrine · sacrament · eschatology
Philosophy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- universalsProperties holding across all
- realismAccepting things as they are
- AquinasScholastic philosopher-theologian surname
Duns Scotus · Peter Lombard · Aristotelianism · Neoplatonism · faith and reason · dialectic · commentaries · disputation
Official declaration of sainthood
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
medieval · Catholic Church · beatification · feast day · hagiography · miracle · intercession · holy
Quebec's chief city
- SavannahGeorgian seaport or name
- QuebecFrench-speaking Canadian province
- stationFixed stopping point
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
friar
Mendicant order member
chastity · obedience · seraphic · conventual · friary · novitiate · vows · provincial · tertiary · cloister
illumination
Provision of light
- TrinityGodhead as three persons
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- AugustineFourth-century church father
scholasticism · Paris · doctrine · sacrament · eschatology
metaphysics
Philosophy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- universalsProperties holding across all
- realismAccepting things as they are
Aquinas · Duns Scotus · Peter Lombard · Aristotelianism · Neoplatonism · faith and reason · dialectic · commentaries · disputation · lectures
canonization
Official declaration of sainthood
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
patronage · medieval · Catholic Church · beatification · feast day · hagiography · miracle · intercession · holy · blessed
Montreal
Quebec's chief city
- Christian ScholarsAugustine, Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, Jerome, Athanasius
- Divine Comedy charactersDante, Beatrice, Virgil, Francesca, Paolo
- Famous CemeteriesHighgate, Arlington, Montparnasse, Arlington National Cemetery, Graceland
- Medieval FiguresGenghis Khan, Joan of Arc, Marco Polo, William the Conqueror, Dante
- medieval learningmedieval universities, trivium, scholasticism, liberal arts, monastery
- Quebec PlacesQuebec, Quebec City, Montreal, Levis, Compton
BonaventureThomas Aquinas
Scholastic philosopher-theologian
Aquinas · Dominicans · Duns Scotus · Aristotle · William of Ockham