Bonaventure
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Bonaventure was an Italian Catholic Franciscan bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher.
17th-century portrait of Bonaventure by French painter and friar Claude François
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Bonaventure receives the envoys of the Byzantine Emperor at the Second Council of Lyon.
Saint Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne
Doctor of the Church
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Doctor of the Church, also referred to as Doctor of the Universal Church, is a title given by the Catholic Church to saints recognized as having made a significant contribution to theology or doctrine
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…Friars Minor, he also served for a time as Bishop of Albano. He was canonised on 14 April 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV. In 1588 Pope Sixtus V declared him a Doctor of the Church named as the "Seraphic Doctor" (Latin: Doctor Seraphicus). His feast day is 15 July. Many writings from the Middle Ages once attributed to him have…
Isidore of Seville, a seventh-century Doctor of the Church, depicted by Murillo (c. 1628) with a book, which is a common iconographical attribute for a doctor
Hildegard von Bingen was a twelfth-century Doctor of the Church, depicted by Marshall with a book, the common iconographical attribute for a doctor
The Four Great Doctors of the Western Church were often depicted in art, here by Pier Francesco Sacchi, c. 1516. From the left: Saint Augustine, Pope Gregory I, Saint Jerome, and Saint Ambrose, with their attributes
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