St. Bonaventure Quiz

1) Where was St. Bonaventure born?
a) Bagnorea
b) Venice
c) Genoa
d) Palermo

2) What was St. Bonaventure’s baptismal name?
a) Andrew
b) James
c) John
d) Peter

3) Which order did St. Bonaventure join?
a) Order of Preachers
b) Order of Friars Minor
c) Order of Carmelites
d) Order of Benedictines

4) When did St. Bonaventure receive the Licentiate?
a) 1236
b) 1238
c) 1246
d) 1248

5) When was Doctorate bestowed on St. Bonaventure?
a) 1249
b) 1251
c) 1253
d) 1257

6) For which post St. Bonaventure was elected on 2 February 1257?
a) Attorney General
b) Minister General
c) Father General
d) Master General

7) In 1265 which post was refused by St. Bonaventure?
a) Bishop of London
b) Archbishop of Canterbury
c) Archbishop of York
d) Patriarch of Venice

8) When was St. Bonaventure was appointed Cardinal Bishop of Albano?
a) 2 February 1273
b) 5 April 1273
c) 2 September 1273
d) 14 October 1273

9) Where did the Fourteenth Ecumenical Council open on 7 May 1274?
a) Lateran
b) Vatican
c) Lyons
d) Viterbo

10) When did St. Bonaventure die?
a) 18 May 1274
b) 6 June 1274
c) 15 July 1274
d) 28 August 1274

St. Bonaventure Quiz Answers

1) Where was St. Bonaventure born?
a) Bagnorea

2) What was St. Bonaventure’s baptismal name?
c) John

3) Which order did St. Bonaventure join?
b) Order of Friars Minor

4) When did St. Bonaventure receive the Licentiate?
d) 1248

5) When was Doctorate bestowed on St. Bonaventure?
d) 1257

6) For which post St. Bonaventure was elected on 2 February 1257?
b) Minister General

7) In 1265 which post was refused by St. Bonaventure?
c) Archbishop of York

8) When was St. Bonaventure was appointed Cardinal Bishop of Albano?
a) 2 February 1273

9) Where did the Fourteenth Ecumenical Council open on 7 May 1274?
c) Lyons

10) When did St. Bonaventure die?
c) 15 July 1274

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