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==History==

==History==

Boehner was born Heinrich Boehner on February 17, 1901, in [[Lichtenau]], [[Westphalia]].  He entered the Franciscan Order in 1920, and was given the name ''Philotheus'',<ref name="Damico">{{cite book|last=Damico|first=Helen |title=Medieval Scholarship : Philosophy and the arts}}</ref> the Latin form of the Greek ''Philotheos'', ("friend of God").  In 1927 he was ordained as a priest, although he was so ill with [[tuberculosis]] he was not expected to live.  While he was resting he began his work as a medieval scholar by translating [[Etienne Gilson]]'s work on [[Saint Bonaventura]].  He became a close friend of Gilson in the 1930s.

Boehner was born Heinrich Boehner on February 17, 1901, in [[Lichtenau]], [[Westphalia]].  He entered the Franciscan Order in 1920, and was given the name ''Philotheus'',<ref name="Damico">{{cite book|last=Damico|first=Helen |title=Medieval Scholarship : Philosophy and the arts}}</ref> the Latin form of the Greek ''Philotheos'', ("friend of God").  In 1927 he was ordained as a priest, although he was so ill with [[tuberculosis]] he was not expected to live.  While he was resting he began his work as a medieval scholar by translating [[Etienne Gilson]]'s work on [[Bonaventura|Saint Bonaventura]].  He became a close friend of Gilson in the 1930s.

In the summer of 1940 Boehner moved to [[St. Bonaventure University|Saint Bonaventure College]] (now a university) where he lectured on Franciscan philosophy, and it was here that he began to build the [[Franciscan Institute]] into a centre of international Franciscan scholarship.  

In the summer of 1940 Boehner moved to [[St. Bonaventure University|Saint Bonaventure College]] (now a university) where he lectured on Franciscan philosophy, and it was here that he began to build the [[Franciscan Institute]] into a centre of international Franciscan scholarship.