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'''Philotheus Boehner''', born Heinrich Boehner (February 17, 1901 – 1955) was a member of the [[Franciscan]] order and a distinguished medieval scholar.<ref name="Bonaventure">{{cite web|url=http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/mertonweb/Biographies/Boehner1.htm|title=The Thomas Merton Archives at St. Bonaventure University |publisher=St. Bonaventure University|accessdate=2009-07-05}}</ref>
==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 [[Gilson]]'s work on [[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.
==Works==
As a result of his work and influence, a large output of scholarly publications issued from the Franciscan Institute (More than thirty volumes form 1944-55, divided into five series - [[Philosophy]], [[Theology]], Texts, History, and [[Missiology]].
Probably his most enduring work is the [[critical edition]] of [[Ockham]]'s ''Opera omnia theologica et philosophica'', together with Professor [[Ernest Moody]].<ref name="OP">{{cite web|url=http://openlibrary.org/a/OL842460A/Philotheus-Boehner|title=Philotheus Boehner [edit]|publisher=Open Library|accessdate=2009-07-05}}</ref>
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