Pal Engjëlli
Pal Engjëlli ( Italian Paolo Angeli ; * 1416 ; † 1470 ) was Archbishop of Durrës .
Life
There is hardly any reliable data about the life of Engjëlli. The author of the first biography of the Albanian Prince Skanderbeg , Marin Barleti (1450–1512), reports that the archbishop came from a noble family that was closely connected to the Kastrioti dynasty . Engjëlli is said to have been on several diplomatic missions for Skanderbeg in Italy and Ragusa , where he campaigned for support against the Ottomans . In 1467 he was Skanderbeg's ambassador in Venice .
Works
The first sentence written in Albanian by him has come down to us. It is the baptismal formula (Albanian: Formula e Pagëzimit) : Un'te paghesont 'pr'emenit t'Atit e t'Birit e t'Spirit Senit. (= I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.) The baptismal formula was found in a Latin pastoral letter that the Archbishop wrote after visiting a church in the Mati region . The letter is dated November 8, 1462.
The document with the baptismal formula is kept in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence . It was there that the Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga discovered it in 1915.
literature
- Nicolae Iorga : Notes et extraites per servir à l'histoire des croissades au XV siècle. Bucharest 1915, p. 195.
- Lorenzo Tacchella: Giorgio Castriota Skanderbeg ei romani pontefici nel sec. 15. Paolo Angeli arcivescovo di Durazzo e ambasciatore di Skanderbeg a Venezia in 1467. Milan 2000.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engjëlli, Pal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Angeli, Paolo (Italian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Albanian Archbishop of Durrës |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1416 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1470 |