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The travelogue and guidance to pilgrims to the Holy Land by the Ragusan Bonifacije Stjepović Drkolica

Since the earliest Christian pilgrimages, notably those to the Holy Land, various pilgrims' guidebooks have been written, travelogues containing useful advice on how to behave, how to survive and how to channel the physical trial into spiritual growth. Similar travelogues and guidebooks have also been written by Croatian pilgrims and the priests who served in the Holy Land. One of the most famous Croats in the Holy Land was the Ragusan Bonifacije Stjepović Drkolica, who in 1550 was named custodian of the Custody of the Holy Land. He also acted as representative of the Catholic Church for the entire Near East. While in the Holy Land, he wrote Liber de perenni cultu Terrae Sanctae et de fructosaeius peregrinatione, in which, among other things, he provides practical information for pilgrims how to get around the Holy Land, how to visit the local holy sites, such as Mount Zion, Josafat valley, Betania, etc. This paper aims to highlight the life and work of Bonifacije Stjepović Drkolica, and to elucidate the role of pilgrim's guidebooks that helped medieval travellers in their pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

Bonifacije Stjepović Drkolica ; The Holy Land ; pilgrimages

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