Who was St. Bonaventure?

St. Bonaventure for whom the Mission of San Buenaventura (founded by Padre Junípero Serra in 1782) in California was named, joined the Order of Friars Minor at age 22. He studied theology and philosophy in Paris, France, and later taught there. He was a friend of Saint Thomas Aquinas as well as of King Saint Louis IX. He earned a doctors degree in Theology and was later named as the General of the Franciscan Order at age 35. He was named the Bishop of Albano, Italy, and chosen by Pope Gregory X as a Cardinal. Bonaventure wrote commentaries on the Scriptures, text-books in theology and philosophy, and a biography of Saint Francis. He was named as a Doctor of the Church