I have a Boaventura/Ventura in my family tree and the records would
alternate between the two spellings. I beleive they are both correct.
On Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 11:55:34 AM UTC-5, Paul wrote:
After locating my 4x ggrandfagther's baptimso and casamento records I
turned my attention
Saint Bonaventure was formally canonised in 1484 by the Franciscan Pope
Sixtus IV, and ranked along with Thomas Aquinas as the greatest of the
Doctors of the Church by another Franciscan, Pope Sixtus V, in 1587.
Bonaventure was regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of the Middle
Ages
Hi Lee.
Your cousin's great grandfather's name was simply Ventura. I am the one
that gave you the name Boaventura some time ago, but now that we have the
benefit of his baptismal record we know that Ventura was his given name.
As I understand it, Boaventura is a more common given name because
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