Bonaventura da Pistoia
priest of the Order of the Servants of Mary
Feast: 14 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Orvieto in Umbria, Blessed Bonaventura of Pistoia, priest of the Order of the Servants of Mary, who, moved by the preaching of Saint Philip Benizi, helped him to restore peace between the factions in many cities of Italy.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 14 December as a Servite priest at Orvieto who helped Saint Philip Benizi restore peace between the factions in many Italian cities.
The cause
Bonaventura da Pistoia has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Diocese of Pistoia: Blessed Bonaventura Bonaccorsi.
- Roman Martyrology, 14 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q66372400 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.