Bon·a·ven·ture (bŏnə-vĕn′chər) also Bon·a·ven·tu·ra (bŏn′ə-vĕn-chrə, -trə, -tyrə), Saint. Originally Giovanni di Fidanza. Known as "the Seraphic Doctor." 1217?-1274.
Italian theologian and philosopher who taught that the goal of all the arts and sciences is the direct contemplation of God.