Bonaventura Badoardo de Peraga was a 14th-century Italian theologian and cardinal who belonged to the Order of Saint Augustine. Born in Padua in 1332, he rose through the religious ranks to serve as the Prior General of his order. His academic career included teaching at the University of Paris and establishing a college at the University of Bologna. Throughout his life, he held significant diplomatic and ecclesiastical roles, eventually being elevated to the rank of cardinal priest by Pope Urban VI.