Pjetër Mazreku

Pjetër Mazreku (1584– 27 November 1634[1]) (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 a short 33 word Albanian etymological dictionary, preserved as a manuscript.

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.[2] In 1634 he was ordained as the apostolic administrator of Serbia.[3] Until his death around 1638 he served as Bishop of Prizren.

Mazreku knew many languages, and wrote an etymological dictionary of the Albanian language.[4]

Annotations

His name was spelt in Latin and Italian as Mazzaretus, Massarechio, Maserecho, Masarecho, Masserecco, Massarecius, etc.[5] In Albanian, his name is spelt Pjetër Mazreku.

References
  1. Starine, 1892, Zagreb XXV, p. 166
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Eqrem Çabej (1977). Studime gjuhësore: Gjon Buzuku dhe gjuha e tij. Rilindja. p. 22.
  5. Archivum franciscanum historicum periodica publicatio trimestris. Collegio s. Bonaventura. 1925.

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