Frang Bardhi
Most Reverend Frang Bardhi | |
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| Bishop of Sapë | |
 Frang Bardhi on a 1993 Albanian stamp | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| In office | 1635–1644 |
| Predecessor | Giorgio Bianchi |
| Successor | Giorgio Bianchi |
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| Consecration | 30 Mar 1636 by Ciriaco Rocci |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1606 |
| Died | 1643 (aged 36–37) |
Frang Bardhi (
Bishop of Sapë (1635–1644).[3]
Life
Bardhi was born in
co-consecrators.[4]
Bardhi is remembered as the author of the first Albanian dictionary
Albanian folklore.[5]
Bardhi also wrote a biography of
George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, called The Apology of Scanderbeg published in Venice in 1636.[6] The Apology of Scanderbeg was a polemic against Slavic Catholic priest Ivan Tomko Mrnavić, who claimed that Kastrioti was of Slav origin.[7][8] Bardhi also complained that the Albanian language "was being lost and degenerating" under the blows of foreign occupiers, and in order to preserve it he saw himself contributing to the missing of rising the national pride between Albanians.[5]
From 1637 on, Bardhi submitted reports in Italian and Latin to the Congregation of the
Propaganda Fide in Rome which contain a mine of information about his diocese, about political developments, about Albanian customs and about the structure and position of the Catholic Church in Ottoman-occupied Albania
.
See also
- Bardhi family name
- Pjeter Budi
- Pjeter Bogdani
- Gjon Buzuku
References
- ^ Pipa, Arshi (1959). "Communism and Albanian Writers". Robert Elsie. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
- ISBN 9781845110314. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
- ^ a b Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 305. (in Latin)
- ^ a b Cheney, David M. "Bishop Francesco Bianchi". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
- ^ OCLC 9133663.
- ^ Georgius Castriotus Epirensis, vulgo Scanderbegh. Per Franciscum Blancum, De Alumnis Collegij de Propaganda Fide Episcopum Sappatensem etc. Venetiis, Typis Marci Ginammi, MDCXXXVI (1636).
- ISBN 9783447054683. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ^ Pipa, Arshi (1959). "Communism and Albanian Writers". Robert Elsie. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
He also raised his voice to defend the Albanian identity of Scanderbeg against a Slavic Catholic priest who claimed that our national hero was a Slav.
External links
- "Description and information on the state of the bishopric and parish churches of the Diocese of Sapa, subjected to the tyranny of the Turks"
- Albanian Literature, Section 1.6, by Robert Elsie, pages 24–27
- Dictionarivm Latino Epiroticvm per R. D. Franciscvm Blanchvm
- Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Sapë". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
- Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Sapë (Albania)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
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