Boniface of Ragusa

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Boniface von Ragusa OFM (* 1504 , † February 6, 1582 in Timisoara ) was a Franciscan and bishop and diplomat of the Roman Curia .

Life

Boniface joined the Order of Minorites in Ragusa and studied theology in Paris, later he taught theology. He was the custodian of the Holy Land in Jerusalem. In 1552 he introduced the Easter procession to Emmaus-Qubeibeh. In 1553 he granted special privileges to the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem . In 1555 he had the buildings above the Church of the Holy Sepulcher repaired.

Boniface of Ragusa was a participant in the session of the Council of Trento in 1562/1563.

On November 17, 1564 he was appointed Bishop of Stagnum by Pope Pius IV . Pope Pius V appointed him Apostolic Delegate to the Balkans , later he became Apostolic Nuncio to represent the affairs of the Holy See at the court of King Philip II of Spain . Pope Gregory XIII entrusted Bonifaz with diplomatic missions in Ottoman Hungary. Boniface also became known as a writer.

He died on February 6, 1582 while visiting Timişoara .

Fonts

  • De perenni cultu Terra Sancta. (1555), Venice 1572
  • Liber de perenni cultu Terrae Sanctae et de fructuosa eius peregrinatione. Venice 1573 (new edition BiblioLife 2008, ISBN 978-0559595707 , see Books )

literature

  • A. Arce OFM: Bonifacio de Stephanis (c. 1504-1582). Ultimo guardian de Monte Sion y obispo de Ston. Grottaferrata, Collegio Internazionale di S. Bonaventura Trimestrale a. 76, 1983, 1-3, p. 296 see Archivum Franciscanum Historicum .
  • István György Tóth: Misszionáriusok a kora újkori Magyarországon. Balassi Kiadó, Budapest 2007, ISBN 978-963-506-720-6 (Hungarian).
  • György István Tóth: Raguzai Bonifác, a hódoltság első pápai vizitátora (1581–1582). [Boniface of Ragusa, the first papal visitor to the Turkish occupied territory (1581–1582)]. In: Történelmi Szemle 39 (1997), H. 3-4, 447-472 (Hungarian).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Istvan Gyorgy Toth: Between Islam and Catholicism: Bosnian Franciscan Missionaries in Turkish Hungary, 1584-1716. In: The Catholic Historical Review. Volume 89, Number 3, July 2003, pp. 409-433.
  2. ^ The Emmaus in the pilgrim reports between the 13th and 19th centuries. ( Memento from August 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) History of Emmaus, accessed on January 10, 2010.
  3. ↑ A. Mertens: Rinddfleisch Peter, pilgrim of Breslau. In: Who was a Christian in the Holy Land. Archived from the original on March 9, 2010 ; accessed on January 10, 2010 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Boniface of Ragusa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franciscan Terminorite, Bishop
DATE OF BIRTH 1504
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1582
Place of death Timisoara