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
Legenda maior, 1477
Bonaventure receives the envoys of the Byzantine Emperor at the Second Council of Lyon.
Order of Friars Minor
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The Order of Friars Minor is a mendicant Catholic religious order, founded in 1209 by Francis of Assisi. The order adheres to the teachings and spiritual disciplines of the founder and of his main associates and followers, such as Clare of Assisi, Anthony of Padua, and Elizabeth of Hungary, among many others. The Order of Friars Minor is the largest of the contemporary First Orders within the Franciscan movement.
Francis of Assisi, founder of the Order of Friars Minor; oldest known portrait in existence of the saint, dating back to St. Francis' retreat to Subiaco (1223–1224)
Franciscan convent at Lopud in Croatia
Franciscan Church from 15th century in Przeworsk, Poland