name

Giovanni Bona

                       latin name

Ioannes Bona

                 baptismal name

                                born

October 10 (or 12 resp. 14), 1609

in Mondovì (Piémont)

               higher education

Pinerolo

Asti

Rome

                 ordained priest

in 1633

         begin of monastic life

July 19, 1625 Cistercian novice

August 2, 1626 monastic profession

                  responsibilities

Professor of Theology in 1636

Prior in Asti 1639/1640 and since 1645

Abbot of Madonna di Vicoforte (Mondovì) in 1639

General Abbot of the Cistercian Congr. 

of the 'Feuillants' (1651-1654 and 1657-1664)

Created Cardinal priest

 of S. Salvatore in Lauro November 29, 1669

later first Cardinal priest

of S. Bernardo alle Terme 

                                 died

October 28, 1674 in Rome

                              buried

in S. Bernardo alle Terme