Lopud
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– 6 February 1582
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) was a
Franciscan
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, writer, who served as
Bishop of Ston
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016"Titular Episcopal See of Ston" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 29 February 2016
Biography
Destefanis' other names include Bonifacije Stefanić Drakolica, Darcoliza, Drakolica, Crassa, Grassa, Ragusinus, Stephani, Drkoličić and Stjepanović.
Destefanis was ordained a priest in the
Order of Friars Minor
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. Destefanis participated at the
Council of Trent
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In 1551-1559 and 1564, he was Custodian of the Holy Land. Allegedly, he participated in the last time the Holy Sepulchre was opened in 1555. He obtained permission to restore parts of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and to build a completely new
edicule
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. This was a major restoration project, and the Franciscan left a detailed description of the work carried out. On 17 Nov 1564, he was appointed by Pope Pius IV as
Bishop of Ston
The Diocese of Ston (also Diocese of Stagno or Diocese of Sagona) was a Roman Catholic diocese in Croatia, located in the city of Stagno. In 1828 it was suppressed to the Archdiocese of Dubrovnik.Bartol Sfondrati, was appointed as
apostolic visitor
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and
delegate
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to Dalmatia, Herzegovina, Bosnia, Croatia, Vallachia, Slavonia, Serbia and other European territories governed by the Ottomans. Before this trip, based on Pope's instructions, Destefanis visited Franciscan province in Bosnia. On 15 December 1580 Destefanis reported to Rome that he met bishop of Smederevo, fra Nikola Ugrinović, during his journey to Bosnia. Since there were only five Catholic families in Smederevo, Destefanis proposed to move Ugrinović to Skradin.: "... fra Nikolu Ugrinovića (1565.-1588.) koji u Smederevu ima samo sedam katoličkih kuća. Stoga Drakolica predlaže da Sveta Stolica premjesti Ugrinovića u Skradin.3 U Rimu su samo djelomično prihvatili Drakoličin prijedlog jer je Ugrinović i ..."
He served as Bishop of Ston until his death in 1582.
Works
* ''De perenni Cultu Terrae Sanctae'' (1555), Venice 1572
* ''Liber De perenni Cultu Terrae Sanctae Et De Fructuosa eius Peregrinatione'', Venice 1573