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chi
hoo
, other than the names of
his parentsà      
   

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to have receive
his
2

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from a
serious chi
hoo
i ness through the intercession of    2 
 

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the new re igious or
er foun
e
by St. Francis of
¦ssisi ca e
the "  " aroun
the year 1243, about twenty years
after Francis'
eath.

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who rewar
e
him with the tit es of    c#&   , an

insiste
on his presence at #
   2 ()*+ There, after
his significant contributions e
to a union of the Greek an
Latin churches,
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ie
su

en y an
in suspicious circumstances. The Catho ic
Encyc ope
ia has citations which suggest he was poisone
. The on y extant
re ic of the saint is the arm an
han
with which he wrote his 

  
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at
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by th Fias
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Ca
ina ¦chbish p f ¦ ban in 1273, „t. c nant attn

th
Ecmnica C nci f Ly n wh h
i
in th sam ya that „t. Th mas
¦inas
i
, in 1274.

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the
ty an
a e of sing the
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hman wis
om was fo y when compae
to the mystica i mination gien to
the faithf Chistian by Go
himse f. This theme is most beatif y

ee ope
in „t. conaente's best known wok, his / 
  
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(Joney of the Min
into Go
). His most extensie an
systematic
wok of theo ogy is his 

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States,
ocate
in St. conaventure, New York, shou
be name
after  
c  , the greatest of a Franciscan theo ogians.
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conaventure's feast
ay was inc u
e
in the Genera Roman Ca en
ar
imme
iate y on his canonization in (+0). It was at first ce ebrate
on the secon

Sun
ay in Ju y, but was move
in 1568 on 14 Ju y: 15 Ju y, the anniversary of his

eath, was at that time taken up with the feast of Saint Henry. It remaine
on
that
ate, with the rank of "Doub e", unti 1962, when it was given the new
c assification of "Thir
C ass Feast". In 1969 it was c assifie
as an ob igatory
"Memoria " an
assigne
to the
ate of his
eath, (.1 
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conaventure was forma y canonize
in (+0+ by the  22 !& 

/, an
ranke
a ong with St Thomas ¦uinas as the greatest of the Doctors of
the Church by another Franciscan !& , in (.0*.
His works, as arrange
in the most recent Critica E
ition of his works by
the 2  22# # (Co egio S. conaventura), consist of a Commentary on the
Sentences of Lombar
, in four vo umes, an
eight other vo umes, among which are a
Commentary on the Gospe of St Luke an
a number of sma er works; #


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German phi osopher   &
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might be written by conaventure. The sty e of thinking
oes not
match the origina sty e; this is ecstatic, but Oe Re
uctione works
comprehen
ing.

In phi osophy conaventure presents a marke
contrast to his contemporaries,


c 2 an
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$  . Whi e these may be taken as representing,
respective y, physica science yet in its infancy, an
¦ristote ian scho asticism in
its most perfect form, he brings before us the mystica an
P atonizing mo
e of
specu ation which ha
a rea
y, to some extent, foun
expression in Hugo an

Richar
of St. Victor, an
in Saint cernar
of C airvaux.

To him, the pure y inte ectua e ement, though never absent, is of inferior interest
when compare
with the iving power of the affections or the heart. He use
the
authority of ¦ristot e in harmony with Scriptura an
Patristic texts, an

attribute
much of the heretica ten
ency of the age to the attempt to
ivorce
¦ristote ian phi osophy from Catho ic Theo ogy. Like St. Thomas ¦uinas, with
whom he share
numerous profoun
agreements in matters theo ogica an

phi osophica , he combate
the ¦ristote ian notion of the eternity of the wor

vigorous y. St ¦ugustine, who ha
importe
into the west many of the
octrines
that wou

efine scho astic phi osophy, was an incre
ib y important source of
conaventure's P atonism. ¦ugustine himse f ha
engage
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, a schoo of
P atonism
istinct from that of P ato, most y through P otinus but possib y through
Iamb ichus as we ; it is ike y that ¦ugustine ha
never encountere
a work written
by P ato himse f. ¦nother prominent inf uence was that of a mystic passing un
er
the name of Oionysius the ¦reopagite.

conaventure accepts the P atonic
octrine that i
eas
o not exist in rerum natura,
but as i
ea s exemp ifie
by the Oivine ceing, accor
ing to which actua things
were forme
; an
this conception has no s ight inf uence upon his phi osophy. Like
a the great scho astic
octors he starts with the
iscussion of the re ations
between reason an
faith. ¦ the sciences are but the han
mai
s of theo ogy;
reason can
iscover some of the mora truths which form the groun
work of the
Christian system, but others it can on y receive an
apprehen
through
ivine
i umination. In or
er to obtain this i umination, the sou must emp oy the proper
means, which are prayer, the exercise of the virtues, whereby it is ren
ere
fit to
accept the
ivine ight, an
me
itation which may rise even to ecstatic union with
Go
. The supreme en
of ife is such union, union in contemp ation or inte ect an

in intense absorbing ove; but it cannot be entire y reache
in this ife, an
remains
as a hope for futurity. The min
in contemp ating Go
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‘V #, giving empirica know e
ge of what is without an

iscerning the
traces (vestigia) of the
ivine in the wor
;
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ivine ceing;
an
ast y,
‘V & 2
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ent act, grasps the ceing
of the
ivine cause.

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mysticism, but conaventura a

s to it pecu iar y Christian e ements. The comp ete
yie
ing up of min
an
heart to Go
is unattainab e without
ivine grace, an

nothing ren
ers us so fit to receive this gift as the me
itative an
ascetic ife of
the c oister. The monastic ife is the best means of grace.

conaventure, however, is 

  
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goo
manua s of
evotion; he is a 

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on a the

ispute
uestions of scho astic thought, such as universa s, matter, the princip e
of in
ivi
ua ism, or the inte ectus agens, he gives weighty an
we reasone


ecisions. He agrees with    #   in regar
ing theo ogy as a
& 22  22; its truths, accor
ing to his view, are pecu iar y a
apte
to
inf uence the affections. He
iscusses very carefu y the nature an
meaning of
the
ivine attributes; consi
ers universa s to be the i
ea forms preexisting in the

ivine min
accor
ing to which things were shape
; ho
s matter to be pure
potentia ity which receives in
ivi
ua being an

eterminateness from the
formative power of Go
, acting accor
ing to the i
eas; an
fina y maintains that
the inte ectus agens has no separate existence. On these an
on many other points
of scho astic phi osophy the "Seraphic Doctor" exhibits a combination of subt ety
an
mo
eration, which makes his works particu ar y va uab e.

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iV conaventure Highway in Quebec
iV P ace conaventure an
the a
jacent conaventure Metro Station in Montrea ,
Quebec
iV conaventure Is an
an
the conaventure River in the Gaspé Peninsu a Region of
Quebec
iV St. conaventure's Co ege, a private Roman Catho ic schoo , in Newfoun
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Labra
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 iV St conaventure's Catho ic Comprehensive Schoo , in Forest Gate, Lon
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iV The City of Ventura, Ca ifornia, officia y name
San cuenaventura, the county seat
of Ventura County, Ca ifornia, in the Unite
States
iV St. conaventure University, a Franciscan university, in ¦ egany, New York
iV The Municipa ity of cuenaventura on the Pacific Coast of Co ombia
iV The cities of San cenaventura in Chihuahua an
San cuenaventura, Coahui a in
Mexico an
the State of San cenaventura

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Pierce, O most sweet Lor
Jesus, my inmost sou with the most joyous an

hea thfu woun
of Thy ove, an
with true, ca m an
most ho y aposto ic
charity, that my sou may ever anguish an
me t with entire ove an
onging for
Thee, may yearn for Thee an
for thy courts, may ong to be
isso ve
an
to be
with Thee. Grant that my sou may hunger after Thee, the crea
of ¦nge s, the
refreshment of ho y sou s, our
ai y an
supersubstantia brea
, having a
sweetness an
savor an
every
e ightfu taste.

May my heart ever hunger after an
fee
upon Thee, Whom the ange s
esire to
ook upon, an
may my inmost sou be fi e
with the sweetness of Thy savor; may it
ever thirst for Thee, the fountain of ife, the fountain of wis
om an
know e
ge,
the fountain of eterna ight, the torrent of p easure, the fu ness of the house of
Go
; may it ever compass Thee, seek Thee, fin
Thee, run to Thee, come up to
Thee, me
itate on Thee, speak of Thee, an

o a for the praise an
g ory of Thy
name, with humi ity an

iscretion, with ove an

e ight, with ease an
affection,
with perseverance to the en
; an
be Thou a one ever my hope, my entire
confi
ence, my riches, my
e ight, my p easure, my joy, my rest an
tranui ity, my
peace, my sweetness, my foo
, my refreshment, my refuge, my he p, my wis
om, my
portion, my possession, my treasure; in Whom may my min
an
my heart be ever
fixe
an
firm an
roote
immovab y. ¦men.

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Jonah Anne L. Aldea
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MA. Sarah Shannen Al- eisa
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