Bonaventura Gran
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Blessed Blessed Bonaventura Gran OFM | |
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| Born | 24 November 1620 Riudoms |
| Died | 11 September 1684 (aged 63) Rome |
| Venerated in | Riudoms |
| Beatified | 1906, Rome by Saint Pius X |
Miguel Baptista Gran Peris, OFM (24 November 1620 - 11 September 1684 ), known as Blessed Bonaventura Gran or Fra Bonaventura of Barcelona, was a Catalonian Franciscan friar. He was beatified by Pope Pius X in 1906.[1]
He was born in Riudoms, Catalonia, on 24 November 1620 in a modest house in the street known as a Pocket Street (Carrer de la Butxaca in Catalan) and now has his name. After marrying at the age of 18 as his father wished, he was widowed in a few months. He entered the Franciscan convent of Sant Miquel d'Escornalbou and made religious profession on 14 July 1641, changing his name to Bonaventura. In the following years, he was sent to Mora d'Ebre, Figueres, la Bisbal d'Empordà and Terrassa, where another street has been named for him.[2]
In 1658 he was sent to Rome where he founded Santo Retiro are four monasteries in the province of Rome, including San Bonaventura al Palatino. He was an adviser to four popes: Alexander VII, Clement IX, Clement X and Innocent XI. In Rome in 1662 he founded the Riformella, a reform movement within the Reformed Order of Friars Minor of the Strict Observance, so the monks and Franciscan priests who dedicated themselves to the apostolate could gather in meditation and spiritual retreat, living the founding spirit of the Franciscan order.[2]
In 1679, he sent from Rome the relics of Saint Boniface, Saint Julian and Saint Vincent.[citation needed] Since then, the second Sunday of May is celebrated in Riudoms as the Feast of the Holy Relics.[3]
He died in Rome on 11 September 1684.
