Author

Bonaventure

1221–1274

Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (c. 1221-1274), Franciscan theologian, Minister General of the Order, Cardinal Bishop of Albano, canonized 1482 and declared Doctor of the Church 1588.

Works

Texts currently available in the library.

Itinerarium mentis in Deum

Bonaventure's Itinerarium mentis in Deum (1259): the soul's six-step ascent to God through his footprints in the sensible world, his image reformed by grace, and the divine Being and Good, crowned by mystical ecstasy. Latin: Quaracchi critical text; English: Thomas Davidson's 1887 translation.