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 Giorgio Guzzetta.[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 his important contributions to early Albanian literature.[2]
References
- ^ "Archbishop Joseph Schirò [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ Murzaku, Ines Angjeli (2009). Returning Home to Rome: The Basilian Monks of Grottaferrata in Albania. Analekta Kryptoferris. ISBN 978-88-89345-04-7.
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