Boniface of Ragusa (c. 1504 in Lopud – 6 February 1582 in Timișoara) was a Franciscan Custos of the Holy Land in Jerusalem, writer, who served as Bishop of Ston (1564–1582).
He obtained permission to restore parts of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and to build a completely new edicule.
This was a major restoration project, and the Franciscan left a detailed description of the work carried out.
[1] In 1580 Destefanis, accompanied by Bartol Sfondrati, was appointed as apostolic visitor and delegate to Dalmatia, Herzegovina, Bosnia, Croatia, Vallachia, Slavonia, Serbia and other European territories governed by the Ottomans.
[7] On 15 December 1580 Destefanis reported to Rome that he met the bishop of Smederevo, fra Nikola Ugrinović, during his journey to Bosnia.