[Transcriber's Notes]
This text is derived from a copy in the Ave Maria University library, catalog number "B 765 .B74 C678 1911"
Footnotes have been renumbered to avoid ambiguity.
[End Transcriber's Notes]
THE FRIAR SAINTS SERIES
Editors for the Franciscan Lives
The Very Rev. Fr. OSMUND. O.F.M., Provincial, and C. M. ANTONY
Editors for the Dominican Lives
The Rev. Fr. BEDE JARRETT. O.P., and C. M. ANTONY
ST. BONAVENTURE
Nihil Obstat: D. THOMAS BERGH, O.S.B., Censor DeputatusImprimatur: EDM. CAN. SURMONT, Vicarius GeneralisWESTMONASTERII, die 30 Martii, 1911.
ST. BONAVENTURE.
From an engraving by Eitel after the painting by Cavazzola (P. Morando)
SAINT BONAVENTURE
THE SERAPHIC DOCTOR
MINISTER-GENERAL OF THE FRANCISCAN ORDER
CARDINAL BISHOP OF ALBANO
BY THE
REV. FR. LAURENCE COSTELLOE, O.F.M.
WITH SIX ILLUSTRATIONS
LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.
FOURTH AVENUE AND 30TH STREET, NEW YORK
LONDON, BOMBAY AND CALCUTTA
1911
PREFATORY NOTICE.
The first two volumes of the "Friar Saints" Series now published willbe followed at short intervals by four more "Lives," two at a time,Dominican and Franciscan together. Should the first six "Lives" provesuccessful they will be followed by a second set of six. The order ofpublication will probably be as follows:--
Dominican.(1) St. Thomas Aquinas. By Fr. PLACID CONWAY, O.P.(2) St. Vincent Ferrer. By Fr. STANISLAUS HOGAN, O.P.(3) St. Pius V. By C. M. ANTONY.(4) St. Antoninus of Florence. By Fr. BEDE JARRETT, O.P.(5) St. Raymond of Pennafort. By Fr. THOMAS SCHWERTNER, O.P(6) St. Louis Bertrand. By the Rev. Mother MARY REGINALD, Franciscan.(1) St. Bonaventure. By Fr. LAURENCE COSTELLOE. O.F.M.(2) St. Antony of Padua. By C. M. ANTONY.(3) St. John Capistran. By Fr. VINCENT FITZGERALD, O.F.M.(4) St. Bernardine of Siena. By Miss M. WARD.(5) St. Leonard of Port-Maurice. By Fr. ALEXANDER MURPHY, O.F.M.(6) St. Peter of Alcantara. By Fr. EOBERT CARROL, O.F.M. O.S.D.
The "Friar Saints" Series, which has received the warm approval of theauthorities of both Orders in England, Ireland, and America, isearnestly recommended to Tertiaries, and to the Catholic publicgenerally.
The Master-General of the Dominicans at Rome, sending his blessing tothe writers and readers of the "Friar Saints" Series, says: "The Livesshould teach their readers not only to know the Saints, but also toimitate them ".
The Minister-General of the Franciscans, Fr. Denis Schuler, sends hisblessing and best wishes for the success of the "Lives of the FriarSaints".
F. OSMUND. O.F.M., PROVINCIAL,
F. BEDE JARRETT, O.P.,
C. M. ANTONY,
Editors.
FOREWORD.
The life of Saint Bonav