Pjetër Budi | |
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| Vicar general of theCatholic Church of Serbia Bishop ofDiocese of Sapë and Sarda | |
 Sketch of Pjetër Budi from his book "Paschyra e të rrëfyemit" | |
| Church | Latin Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Sapë |
| Appointed | Bishop of Sapa and Sarda |
| In office | 20 July 1621 – December 1622 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1566 (1566) |
| Died | December 1622(1622-12-00) (aged 55–56) |
| Nationality | Albanian |
Pjetër Budi (1566 – December 1622), was an Albanian Catholic bishop and a prominentOld Albanian author. He is known for his first work"Doktrina e Kërshtenë" (The Christian Doctrine), anAlbanian translation of thecatechism ofRobert Bellarmine, which was published in Rome in 1618.[1] In 1599 Pjetër Budi was appointedVicar General of the Catholic Church in Serbia, a position he held for seventeen years. Later he was appointedbishop ofDiocese of Sapë and Sarda.[2]
Budi was born inGur i Bardhë in theMat region, and is a noted and respected figure in Albanian cultural history. In addition to his political and religious activities, he published four books in Albanian, a rarity at the time, and was the first Albanian writer to publish a substantial amount of poetry in Albanian, some 3,300 lines of it.[3]
He trained for the priesthood at the so-calledIllyrian College of Loretto, south ofAncona inItaly, where manyAlbanians andDalmatians of renown went to study. At the age of 21, he was ordained as aCatholic priest and was sent immediately to Macedonia and Serbia under the jurisdiction of thearchbishop of Antivar, where he served various parishes for an initial 12 years. in 1610, he was referred to aschaplain of Christianity inSkopje and. in 1647, as chaplain ofProkupolje. In Kosovo, Budi came into contact withFranciscanCatholics fromBosnia. These connections proved fruitful in later years for his political endeavors to mount support forAlbanian resistance to theOttoman Empire. In 1599, Budi was appointed vicar-general (vicario generale) ofSerbia, a post held for 17 years. As a representative of theCatholic Church in the Turkish-occupied Balkans, he lived and worked in what was no doubt a tense of political atmosphere. His ecclesiastical position was in many way only a cover for his political aspirations.In 1616, he traveled toRome, where he resided until 1618 to oversee the publication of his works. On 20 July 1621, he was made bishop of Sapa and Sarda (i.e. of theZadrima region of northernAlbania), and returned to Albania the following year.[4] On 22 August 1621 he wasconsecrated bishop byOttavio Bandini,Cardinal-Bishop ofPalestrina, withLuca Alemanni,Bishop Emeritus of Volterra, andGiovanni Antonio Santorio,Bishop of Policastro, serving asco-consecrators.[5]
In December 1622, some time before Christmas he drowned while crossing theDrin River.[4]
Among Budi's other publications are:
Pjetër Budi Street in Tirana has been named in his honour.
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