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PHILOSOPHER

Bonaventure

1221 - 1274

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Bonaventure ( BON-ə-ven-chər, -⁠VEN-; Italian: Bonaventura da Bagnoregio [ˌbɔnavenˈtuːra da (b)baɲɲoˈrɛːdʒo]; Latin: Bonaventura de Balneoregio; born Giovanni di Fidanza; 1221 – 15 July 1274) was an Italian Catholic Franciscan bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher. The seventh Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, he also served for a time as Bishop of Albano. He was canonised on 14 April 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1588 by Pope Sixtus V, becoming known as the "Seraphic Doctor" (Latin: Doctor Seraphicus). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bonaventure has received more than 1,079,086 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Bonaventure is the 131st most popular philosopher (down from 107th in 2019), the 287th most popular biography from Italy (down from 232nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Italian Philosopher.

Bonaventure is most famous for his writings on the soul. He was a Franciscan monk who wrote a book called The Soul's Journey into God.

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  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Bonaventure ranks 131 out of 1,081. Before him are Marsilio Ficino, Mozi, Chanakya, Oswald Spengler, Emanuel Swedenborg, and Giambattista Vico. After him are Swami Vivekananda, Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Baron d'Holbach, Wilhelm Dilthey, John Rawls, and Isocrates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1221, Bonaventure ranks 1. After him are Alfonso X of Castile, Margaret of Provence, Theodore II Laskaris, Al-Adil II, and Qara Hülegü. Among people deceased in 1274, Bonaventure ranks 2. Before him is Thomas Aquinas. After him are Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Henry I of Navarre, Robert de Sorbon, Emperor Duzong, Wonjong of Goryeo, and Prince Munetaka.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bonaventure ranks 287 out of 4,668. Before him are Alessandro Scarlatti (1660), Pierre Cardin (1922), Benvenuto Cellini (1500), Pope Adrian II (792), Giambattista Vico (1668), and Cosimo de' Medici (1389). After him are Carlo Ancelotti (1959), Giuseppe Meazza (1910), Luigi Pirandello (1867), Pope Nicholas I (800), Tiberius Gracchus (-163), and Charles IV of Spain (1748).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Bonaventure ranks 15. Before him are Antonio Gramsci (1891), Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463), Boethius (480), Tommaso Campanella (1568), Marsilio Ficino (1433), and Giambattista Vico (1668). After him are Cesare Beccaria (1738), Hippasus (-600), Marsilius of Padua (1275), Benedetto Croce (1866), Giorgio Agamben (1942), and Theano (-600).

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