St. Bonaventure (1221-1274) continued the legacy of St. Anthony and was the Franciscan counterpart to Aquinas. He’s called the second founder of the Franciscans, and the Prince of the Mystics, because he continued the mystical tradition of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, and he preserves for us the mystical spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi, as well as being an important influence on later mystics, such as St. John of the Cross.
Links
Check out this three-part series on St. Bonaventure by Pope Benedict XVI (from 2010)
Part 1: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=9267
Part 2: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=9271
Part 3: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=9284
The Classics of Western Spirituality volume on St. Bonaventure: https://www.paulistpress.com/Products/2121-2/bonaventure.aspx
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