In Bagnoregio, the cave of San Bonaventura is an ancient Etruscan tomb where it is said that it housed Saint Francis when he was called by the parents of Giovanni Fidanza to bless and cure their sick child.
When San Francesco healed him he told him in Latin 'bona ventura' (good luck) and so the child's name was changed to Bonaventure (Bagnoregio, 1217/1221 approximately - Lyon, 15 July 1274).
With this name he entered the Franciscan convent and later became a brother, philosopher and theologian.
He was also bishop, cardinal and general minister of the Franciscan Order and is considered one of the most important biographers of St. Francis of Assisi and a friend of St. Thomas Aquinas.
He is revered as a saint by the Catholic church that celebrates him on 15 July
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