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College of St Bonaventure

The College of St Bonaventure (; ) at Quaracchi ('), near Florence, Italy, is a publishing centre of the Order of Friars Minor.

History

It was founded 14 July 1879, by , Archbishop of Sardis, then minister general of the order. The first director and superior of the college was Fidelis of Fauna, under whose management a new edition of the works of St. Bonaventure was inaugurated. His successors were and .

Quaracchi editions

Works published at Quaracchi, and edited by the friars there, besides the of St. Bonaventure, included the , edited in greatest part by Quinctianus Muller (d. 1902), which contain a collection of chronicles relating to the early history of the Franciscan order. Besides these, there were the , and the , inaugurated in 1904 with a critical edition of the writings of Francis of Assisi.,

As well as continuing the "" of Luke Wadding, the twenty-fifth volume of which appeared in 1899, the friars of the college edited a number of other publications of a purely devotional and literary character. In 1903 a new critical edition of the work of Alexander of Hales was undertaken. The "", a monthly in Latin, and the official organ of the order, and the new "", were published at Quaracchi.

Attribution

  • The entry cites:
  • St. Anthony's Almanac (1906);
  • Carmichael in The Month (January, 1904).