Andrea Bogdani

Born| ca. 1600

Gur in Hasit, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Kosovo)[1]

Died| 1683
Nationality| Ottoman-Albanian
Occupation| Catholic priest
Relatives| Pjetër Bogdani (Nephew)
Family| Bogdani

Andrea Bogdani (Albanian: Andrea Bogdani; ca. 1600–1683) was an Ottoman scholar of Albanian origin and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

## Life

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Andrea Bogdani was born at the beginning of the 17th century, in Gur i Hasit, near Prizren, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Kosovo). Bogdani was educated by Jesuits at the Illyrian College in Loreto.[2]

After completing his education in Loreto, he became a parish in Pristina.[3] From 1656 to 1677, when he resigned he served as Archbishop of Skopje, while from 1675 to 1677 he also served as apostolic administrator of Achrida.[4] On 8 November 1677 Bogdano resigned because of illness.[5] His nephew Petro Bogdano, one of the best-known writers of early Albanian literature succeeded him as Archbishop of Skopje in 1677. Andrea Bogdano has become known for writing the first Latin-Albanian grammar book,[6] now lost.

Serbian historian Samardžić criticized Bogdani's works as forgery and revisionism of the Serbian medieval history.[7] Bogdani distinguished himself as great enemy of Serbs.[8] He considered Orthodox Serbs as enemies of Catholics and wrote that the Orthodox Serbs in Kosovo, while also being protected by the Ottomans, were trying to extract money from the Catholics.[9][10]

## See also

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* Albanian literature
* Culture of Albania
* Luca Bogdano

## Sources

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1. ^ Robert Elsie Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History, Centre for Albanian Studies (London, England), I.B.Tauris, 2013, ISBN 1780764316, p. 44.
2. ^ umetnosti, Srpska akademija nauka i (1950). Posebna izdanja. p. 244.
3. ^ Umetnosti, Srpska akademija nauka i (1946). Glas. p. 73.
4. ^ Elsie, Robert; Centre for Albanian Studies (2005). Albanian literature: a short history. I.B.Tauris. pp. 27–8\. ISBN 1-84511-031-5.
5. ^ Glasnik na Institutot za nacionalna istorija. Institut. 1972. p. 255\. "По оставката на болниот надбискуп на скопската надбис- купија Андрија Богдани на 8 ноември 1677 година, надбискуп"
6. ^ Marmullaku, Ramadan (1975). Albania and the Albanians. C. Hurst. p. 17\. ISBN 0-903983-13-3.
7. ^ Samardžić 1993, p. 100.
8. ^ umetnosti, Srpska akademija nauka i (1950). Posebna izdanja. p. 347\. "Иначе надбискуп Богдани, као и раније, истиче се као велики противник Срба"
9. ^ Kosovo: A Short History p. 207
10. ^ Историски записи. с.н. 1954. p. 328\. "Андрија Богдани из Јањева каже да су православни исто толики противници католика колико и Турци..."

## References

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* Samardžić, Radovan (1993). Istorija srpskog naroda: pt. 1-2. Srbi pod tudinskom vlashdu 1537-1699. Srpska knjiiževna zadruga.