Petrus Massarechius
Pjetër Mazreku or Peter Masarechi or Petar Masarechi (1584–16??) (Italian: Pietro Massarecchi, Latin: Petrus Massarecchius) was an Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He wrote documents on the state of Christians in the Ottoman Empire, and authored an Albanian etymological dictionary.
Life[]
Mazreku was born in Prizren. He served as the Archbishop of Bar from 1624 to 1634, while in 1631 he became the apostolic visitor of Hungary, Serbia and Slavonia.[1] In 1634 he was ordained as the apostolic administrator of Serbia.[2] From 1642 until his death he served as Bishop of Prizren.
Mazreku knew many languages, and wrote an etymological dictionary of the Albanian language.[3]
Annotations[]
His name was spelt in Latin and Italian as Mazzaretus, Massarechio, Maserecho, Masarecho, Masserecco, Massarecius, etc.[4] In Albanian, his name is spelt Pjetër Mazreku.
References[]
- ^ Ehrenpreis, Stefan; Schilling, Heinz (2007). Wege der Neuzeit: Festschrift für Heinz Schilling zum 65. Geburtstag. Duncker & Humblot. p. 224. ISBN 978-3-428-12394-0. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ^ Bahlcke, Joachim; Strohmeyer, Arno (1999). Konfessionalisierung in Ostmitteleuropa: Wirkungen des religiösen Wandels im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert in Staat, Gesellschaft und Kultur. Franz Steiner Verlag. p. 215. ISBN 978-3-515-07583-1.
- ^ Eqrem Çabej (1977). Studime gjuhësore: Gjon Buzuku dhe gjuha e tij. Rilindja. p. 22.
- ^ Archivum franciscanum historicum periodica publicatio trimestris. Collegio s. Bonaventura. 1925.
Sources[]
- Ehrenpreis, Stefan; Schilling, Heinz (2007). Wege der Neuzeit: Festschrift für Heinz Schilling zum 65. Geburtstag. Duncker & Humblot. ISBN 978-3-428-12394-0. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- 17th-century Albanian Roman Catholic bishops
- 17th-century Italian writers
- 17th-century Italian male writers
- 17th-century Albanian writers
- Albanian Roman Catholic archbishops
- Archbishops of Antivari
- People from Prizren
- Italian-language writers
- 1584 births
- 1634 deaths
- Members of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith