| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Bonaventure, Saint |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Bon·a·ven·ture |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b n  -v n chr |
| DATES: | 1217?–1274 |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also Bon·a·ven·tu·ra (bn-vn-ch r, -tr, -tyr) |
| VARIANTS: | Originally Giovanni di Fidanza.Known as “the Seraphic Doctor.” |
| Italian theologian and philosopher who taught that the goal of all the arts and sciences is the direct contemplation of God.
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