Giuseppe Schirò (archbishop)
Giuseppe Schirò (1690-1769) was an Arbëreshë writer of the 18th century, and Catholic priest of the Byzantine Rite. In 1736, he was appointed 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 .[2]
He became a writer in Greek and in Arbëresh, and later (1736) became Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archdiocese of Durazzo,[3][4] and vicar apostolic in mission of Himara.
Schirò died in 1769 and will be remembered for the important contributions in the early Albanian language writings.[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Joseph Schirò
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy: Archdiocese of Durrës (Durazzo)
- ^ The Basilian Monks of Grottaferrata/Piana degli Albanesi in Albania
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Categories:
- 1690 births
- 1769 deaths
- Linguists from Italy
- Italian people of Arbëreshë descent
- People from Piana degli Albanesi
- Albanian Greek Catholic Church
- Albanian-language writers
- Greek-language writers
- Albanian Eastern Catholics
- Italian Eastern Catholics