Saint Bonaventure, born in 1221 in Tuscany, Italy was healed from a childhood illness through the prayers of Saint Francis of Assisi. He wrote the biography of Saint Francis. At the age of 22, he joined the Order of Friars Minor and studied theology and philosophy in Paris. He was friends with Saint Thomas Aquinas and King Saint Louis IX. He was a doctor of theology. At the age of 35, he was the General of the Franciscan Order. He was Bishop of Albano and then Cardinal. He spoke at the Council of Lyons, but died before its close on July 15, 1274. He is a Doctor of the Church. He was canonized on April 14, 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV.
"A man should turn his full attention to this throne of mercy, and should gaze at him hanging on the cross, full of faith, hope, and charity, devoted, full of wonder and joy, marked by gratitude, and open to praise and jubilation."
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