1221 - 1274
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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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.
1433 - 1499
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 125
470 BC - 391 BC
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 126
375 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 127
1880 - 1936
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 128
1688 - 1772
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 129
1668 - 1744
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 130
1221 - 1274
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 131
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 132
1846 - 1926
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 133
1723 - 1789
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 134
1833 - 1911
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 135
1921 - 2002
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 136
436 BC - 338 BC
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 137
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.
1221 - 1274
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 1
1221 - 1284
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 2
1221 - 1295
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 3
1221 - 1258
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 4
1221 - 1248
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 5
1221 - 1252
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 6
1225 - 1274
HPI: 87.11
Rank: 1
1221 - 1274
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 2
1201 - 1274
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 3
1244 - 1274
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 4
1201 - 1274
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 5
1240 - 1274
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 6
1219 - 1274
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 7
1242 - 1274
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 8
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).
1660 - 1725
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 281
1922 - 2020
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 282
1500 - 1571
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 283
792 - 872
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 284
1668 - 1744
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 285
1389 - 1464
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 286
1221 - 1274
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 287
1959 - Present
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 288
1910 - 1979
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 289
1867 - 1936
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 290
800 - 867
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 291
163 BC - 133 BC
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 292
1748 - 1819
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 293
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).
1891 - 1937
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 9
1463 - 1494
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 10
480 - 525
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 11
1568 - 1639
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 12
1433 - 1499
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 13
1668 - 1744
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 14
1221 - 1274
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 15
1738 - 1794
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 16
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 17
1275 - 1342
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 18
1866 - 1952
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 19
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 20
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 21