Saint Bonaventure (John of Fidanza, 1221–1274) was an Italian philosopher and theologian.

Bonaventure, a French name (from Latin Bonaventura, meaning "good fortune") may also refer to:

People

Given name

  • Bonaventure of Siena (fl. 1264–1266), Italian notary and translator
  • Bonaventure de Bar (1700–1729), French painter
  • Bonaventure Baron (1610–1696), Irish Franciscan theologian, philosopher and writer of Latin prose and verse
  • Bonaventure Broderick (1868–1943), the Coadjutor Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana
  • Bonaventure Elzevir (1583–1652), Dutch publisher and printer
  • Bonaventure Giffard (1642–1734), English Roman Catholic bishop
  • Bonaventure Hepburn (1573–1620/1), Scottish linguist and biblical scholar
  • Bonaventure Kalou (born 1978), Ivorian footballer
  • Bonaventure Maruti (born 1976), a Kenyan football striker
  • Bonaventure Panet (1765–1846), a businessman and politician in Lower Canada
  • Bonaventure Patrick Paul (1929–2007), Pakistani bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad
  • Bonaventure des Périers (c. 1501–1544), French author

Surname

  • Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure (1659–1711), French officer in the colonial navy of New France
  • Ysaline Bonaventure, Belgian tennis player

Places

Canada

  • Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, Quebec
  • City of Bonaventure, Quebec, in the Bonaventure RCM
  • Bonaventure Airport, serving City of Bonaventure
  • Bonaventure River
  • Bonaventure Island in the Gaspésie region on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
  • Bonaventure (federal electoral district), a former federal electoral district
  • Bonaventure (provincial electoral district), a Quebec provincial electoral district
  • Place Bonaventure in Montreal which gave its name to
  • Bonaventure (Montreal Metro) station
  • Bonaventure Station, railway station in downtown Montreal, Quebec
  • Autoroute Bonaventure (Quebec Autoroute 10), also called the Bonaventure Expressway
  • Old and New Bonaventure, Newfoundland and Labrador, small communities
  • Saint-Bonaventure, Quebec

United States

  • St. Bonaventure, New York, a census-designated place and community in Allegany
  • Westin Bonaventure Hotel, the largest hotel in Los Angeles, California
  • Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia
  • Bonaventure Plantation in Savannah, Georgia

Entertainment

  • Bonaventure, a play that was made into the 1951 film Thunder on the Hill
  • St. Bonaventure Hospital, setting of The Good Doctor (U.S. TV series)

Schools

  • Saint Bonaventure's College in Newfoundland, Canada
  • St. Bonaventure University, located in Allegany, New York, United States
  • St Bonaventure's Catholic School, in Forest Gate, London Borough of Newham, United Kingdom
  • St Bonaventure's High School, a school located in Hyderabad, Sindh province, Pakistan
  • St. Bonaventure High School, a private, Catholic, co-educational secondary school in Ventura, California, United States
  • St. Bonaventure Elementary School, a Catholic elementary school in Toronto, Ontario

Ships

  • Canadian aircraft carrier,
  • Nine warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bonaventure

Other

  • Bonaventure station (disambiguation), stations of the name

See also

  • Pseudo-Bonaventure, a name given to various anonymous medieval writers whose writings were previously attributed to Saint Bonaventure
  • Buenaventura (disambiguation)
  • Bonaventura (disambiguation)