Blessed Bonaventure Tornielli
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- Also known as
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Bonaventure of Forli
Apostolic Preacher
- Memorial
- 31 March
- Profile
- Joined the Servite Order in 1448, and became a Bible expert,
Though he was noted by his brothers for his love of comtemplative silence, he became one of the greatest Servite preachers, preaching missions throughout southern Italy and the Papal States, always on the theme of repentance; Pope Sixtus IV referred to him as the Apostolic Preacher.
Served several years as vicar-general of his order.
- Born
- c.1411 in Forli, Italy
- Died
- 31 March 1491 of natural causes
- Beatified
- 1911 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed)
- Prayers
- Oh God, who didst impart to Blessed Bonaventure, the Confessor, the grace of recalling sinners to repentence, grant we bessech thee, through his merits and intercession, that we may also weep over our sins, so that, renewed in heart and will, we may serve thee faithfully until death.
Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord.
Amen.
- Representation
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Servite with a scourge and a book
man carrying a banner that reads A penitenza
- Additional Information
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For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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