Blessed Bonaventura of Potenza, confessor of the first Order.

Bx Bonaventure de Potenza, Frère Mineur

Blessed Bonaventure attracted attention from his early childhood by his modesty, innocence and love of prayer. At the age of fifteen, he entered the Conventual Friars Minor.

Although he had a fiery temperament, and by character was violent and given to anger, he came to acquire immense patience and unfailing gentleness, by dint of doing violence to himself and self-denial.

His humility and obedience were unequalled. He was a zealous servant of Mary, and never undertook anything without putting himself under her protection by reciting three Hail Mary’s.

He died in 1711, and was beatified by Pius VI.

Source: sanctoral.com

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