Saint of the Day - 15 de July - Saint Bonaventure - San Buenaventura

Saint Bonaventure (1221 - 1274)
Bonaventure's holiness and erudition raised him to the highest honors of the church, And from childhood he was a companion of the Saints. However, in his heart, he was never more than a poor Franciscan Friar, practicing and teaching humility and modification. Saint Francis was the one who baptized him with his name, because, having miraculously cured him of a deadly disease, he exclaimed in a Prophetic way about the child “oh, buona ventura!” -Which means good luck, he is also known as “Seraphic Doctor”, due to the ardor of divine love that exudes from his writings.
He was a friend of Saint Thomas Aquinas, who one day asked him where he got his great knowledge from. Saint Bonaventure responded by pointing to his crucifix. On another occasion, Saint Thomas found him in Ecstasy while writing the biography of Saint Francis, and exclaimed, moving away from the cell: “let us let a saint write about other Saints”. Both received together the toga of Doctor Saint Bonaventure was guest and Counselor of Saint Louis, and spiritual director of Saint Isabella, sister of the King. At 35 years of age he was elected general of his order, and could only escape one more honor, the archbishopric of York, by dint of tears and supplications.
Gregory X elected him Cardinal Bishop of Albano. When the saint learned of the Pope's decision to make him a Cardinal, he discreetly fled Italy. However, Gregory sent him a delegation to return to Rome at a point on the way, stopped to rest at a convent of his order near Florence, and there two papal announcements sent to meet him with the cardinal's cap, found him washing the dishes . the saint asked them to hang the cap on a bush nearby and go for a walk in the Garden, until he finished what he was doing. Then, taking on his cap without disguising his grief, he joined the announcements and paid him the respect due to his rank.
Saint Bonaventure was a companion and counselor of the monarch Saint Louis, and director of Saint Isabella, sister of the King, he sat to the right of the pontiff and presided over all sessions at the Council of Lyon, convened with the intention of providing for the reform of Morals and meeting the needs of the Holy Land and to consolidate the union of the Greeks with the Roman Church. The Saint's piety and eloquence won the Greeks over to the Catholic Union, but his strength suddenly vanished the day after the closure. He died on July 15, 1274 and was buried by the bishops gathered there, even in Lyon his death was mourned by all of Christendom.
Saint Bonaventure, pray for us!
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