Giuseppe Schirò (archbishop)

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Giuseppe Schirò (1690–1769) was an

Byzantine Catholic Archbishop of Durazzo.[1]

Biography

Giuseppe Schirò was born in 1690 in Piana degli Albanesi, an Arbëreshë village of Sicily and there he became a priest of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church. He is thought to have taken his first lessons from Giorgio Guzzetta.[2]

He became a writer in

Himara
.

Schirò died in 1769 and will be remembered for his important contributions to early Albanian literature.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Archbishop Joseph Schirò [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  2. ^ a b Demiraj, Bardhyl (2003). "Zef Skiroi në kulturën e shkrimit shqip të shek. XVIII" (PDF). Albanian Orthodox. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  4. ISBN 978-88-89345-04-7
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