Produced by Don Kostuch [Transcriber's Notes] This text is derived from a copy in the Ave Maria University library, catalog number "B 765 .B74 C678 1911" Footnotes have been renumbered to avoid ambiguity. [End Transcriber's Notes] THE FRIAR SAINTS SERIES _Editors for the Franciscan Lives_ The Very Rev. Fr. OSMUND. O.F.M., Provincial, and C. M. ANTONY _Editors for the Dominican Lives_ The Rev. Fr. BEDE JARRETT. O.P., and C. M. ANTONY ST. BONAVENTURE Nihil Obstat: D. THOMAS BERGH, O.S.B., _Censor Deputatus_ Imprimatur: EDM. CAN. SURMONT, _Vicarius Generalis_ WESTMONASTERII, _die 30 Martii, 1911._ [Illustration; ST. BONAVENTURE. _From an engraving by Eitel after the painting by Cavazzola (P. Morando)_] SAINT BONAVENTURE THE SERAPHIC DOCTOR MINISTER-GENERAL OF THE FRANCISCAN ORDER CARDINAL BISHOP OF ALBANO BY THE REV. FR. LAURENCE COSTELLOE, O.F.M. [Illustration: Herald. "DEUS MEUS ET OMNIA"] WITH SIX ILLUSTRATIONS LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. FOURTH AVENUE AND 30TH STREET, NEW YORK LONDON, BOMBAY AND CALCUTTA 1911 {v} PREFATORY NOTICE. The first two volumes of the "Friar Saints" Series now published will be followed at short intervals by four more "Lives," two at a time, Dominican and Franciscan together. Should the first six "Lives" prove successful they will be followed by a second set of six. The order of publication will probably be as follows:-- _Dominican_. (1) St. Thomas Aquinas. By Fr. PLACID CONWAY, O.P. (2) St. Vincent Ferrer. By Fr. STANISLAUS HOGAN, O.P. (3) St. Pius V. By C. M. ANTONY. (4) St. Antoninus of Florence. By Fr. BEDE JARRETT, O.P. (5) St. Raymond of Pennafort. By Fr. THOMAS SCHWERTNER, O.P (6) St. Louis Bertrand. By the Rev. Mother MARY REGINALD, _Franciscan_. (1) St. Bonaventure. By Fr. LAURENCE COSTELLOE. O.F.M. (2) St. Antony of Padua. By C. M. ANTONY. (3) St. John Capistran. By Fr. VINCENT FITZGERALD, O.F.M. (4) St. Bernardine of Siena. By Miss M. WARD. (5) St. Leonard of Port-Maurice. By Fr. ALEXANDER MURPHY, O.F.M. (6) St. Peter of Alcantara. By Fr. EOBERT CARROL, O.F.M. O.S.D. {vi} The "Friar Saints" Series, which has received the warm approval of the authorities of both Orders in England, Ireland, and America, is earnestly recommended to Tertiaries, and to the Catholic public generally. The Master-General of the Dominicans at Rome, sending his blessing to the writers and readers of the "Friar Saints" Series, says: "The Lives should teach their readers not only to know the Saints, but also to imitate them ". The Minister-General of the Franciscans, Fr. Denis Schuler, sends his blessing and best wishes for the success of the "Lives of the Friar Saints". F. OSMUND. O.F.M., PROVINCIAL, F. BEDE JARRETT, O.P., C. M. ANTONY, _Editors_. {vii} FOREWORD.