October 26

Born in Potenza, Naples, Italy: 1651.
Died while singing a psalm in a religious ecstacy in 1711.

Friar Minor Conventual at Nocera, Italy. Home missioner in southern Italy. Noted novice master.

Prayer...
Almighty God, You have made Blessed Bonaventure illustrious in the virtue of obedience and in love for neighbor. Through his prayers and example grant us to comply with Your precepts, to rejoice in spirit, and to advance on the way of perfection. Amen.