Talk:Bonaventure

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Bonaventure article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: 1: 730 days

Biography: Science and Academia

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the science and academia work group.

Christianity: Theology / Saints Top‑importance

	Christianity portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Christianity, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Christianity on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ChristianityWikipedia:WikiProject ChristianityTemplate:WikiProject ChristianityChristianity articles
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by theology work group (assessed as Top-importance).
	Saints portal This article is supported by WikiProject Saints (assessed as Top-importance).

Catholicism Top‑importance

Bonaventure is within the scope of WikiProject Catholicism, an attempt to better organize and improve the quality of information in articles related to the Catholic Church. For more information, visit the project page.CatholicismWikipedia:WikiProject CatholicismTemplate:WikiProject CatholicismCatholicism articles

Top

This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.

Catholicism task list:

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests : see Draft articles
Assess : see Category:Unassessed Catholicism articles; Category:Unknown-importance Catholicism articles
Cleanup : Blessed Virgin Mary (see the talk page)
Collaborate : Invitation template needed, see Category:WikiProject invitation templates
Copyedit : Cuthbert Tunstall
Expand : Angelus; Roman Catholicism in Kosovo; Bishop Adolph John Paschang; Cum sæpe accidere; Altar Society; American Board of Catholic Missions; Bernard Häring
NPOV : Americanism (heresy); Ensoulment
Photo : see Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of Catholicism
Stubs : see Category:Stub-Class Catholicism articles; Category:Catholic Church stubs
Update : Peer review; John Aloysius Maguire
Verify : Archdiocese of Glasgow; Archbishop of Westminster; Bishop; Saint Mungo; Sanctification; Westminster Cathedral
Other : Watch recent changes for Catholicism articles

Philosophy: Philosophers / Medieval Mid‑importance

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Philosophy, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of content related to philosophy on Wikipedia. If you would like to support the project, please visit the project page, where you can get more details on how you can help, and where you can join the general discussion about philosophy content on Wikipedia.PhilosophyWikipedia:WikiProject PhilosophyTemplate:WikiProject PhilosophyPhilosophy articles

Mid

This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Associated task forces:
/
	Philosophers
	Medieval philosophy

Middle Ages High‑importance

	Middle Ages portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Middle Ages, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the Middle Ages on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Middle AgesWikipedia:WikiProject Middle AgesTemplate:WikiProject Middle AgesMiddle Ages articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Religion Top‑importance

	Religion portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Religion, a project to improve Wikipedia's articles on Religion-related subjects. Please participate by editing the article, and help us assess and improve articles to good and 1.0 standards, or visit the wikiproject page for more details.ReligionWikipedia:WikiProject ReligionTemplate:WikiProject ReligionReligion articles
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.

This article has been mentioned by a media organization:

"The meaning of carols". The Irish Times. 19 December 2009.

Two infoboxes[edit]

Someone added a philosopher infobox beneath the saint infobox. Do we want to keep both? Aristophanes68 (talk) 16:59, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think no. It seems unnecessary and unwieldy to me. Keep the saint one, remove the philosopher one. There hasn't been much activity on this article in a serious way for a while, so I may just do this myself if no one objects in a few days. — AlekJDS ^talk 05:37, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. He is notable both as a saint and as a philosopher. The philosopher infobox is a quick, handy way to check out his stats as such. carl bunderson (talk) (contributions) 04:36, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Confusing section" template[edit]

I have added a template indicating that the Philosophy section of this article is confusing to readers. See the above discussion on this page under the section heading "Not written in encyclopedic style" for my thoughts on the problem. — AlekJDS ^talk 05:37, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It seems clear enough to me; so what specifically do you want clarified? carl bunderson (talk) (contributions) 04:36, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Two dates for canonization[edit]

The top biographical section gives the date for canonization as 14 April 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV. The section "Feast day" repeats the year of canonization as 1482. The section "Theology and works" gives the date of canonization as 1484 by Pope Sixtus IV. I recommend someone investigate, correct the error(s), eliminate repetition, and add a detailed reference to the date settled on. Theo2amore (talk) 02:48, 5 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Plagiarism[edit]

The entire philosophy section appears to be plagiarized from the sources cited at the end of each paragraph. According to Wikipedia's guidelines on plagiarism, the section should be erased, or rewritten to include paraphrase and quotations. 74.77.143.77 (talk) 23:44, 27 September 2014 (UTC) student[reply]

If you're referring to the 1907 Catholic Encyclopedia entry or the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, both appear to be public domain. Mannanan51 (talk) 05:17, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Name[edit]

Important info missing: Why was he sainted with the name Bonaventure when his real name was Johnny Fidanza? And wouldn't it be spelled Buonaventura since he was Italian (Papal States)? - Tangverse (talk) 05:33, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

'Life' section - why Roger Bacon?[edit]

The Life section refers extensively to people other than Bonaventure, but it's not clear why they are mentioned (their connection to his life). Can anyone knowledgable fix this? Eteb3 (talk) 12:51, 13 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]